Re: [newbie] suid icon on desktop

2001-09-22 Thread Paul Rodríguez
Ok, so if I setup a shell script: #!/bin/sh adsl-stop && adsl-start i can set it up to run with kdesu. What program does running MandrakeUpdate invoke when you open it as user? It is prettier. -Paul Rodríguez On 19 Sep 2001 16:03:52 +1000, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > Giving direct root acces

Re: [newbie] suid icon on desktop

2001-09-22 Thread Paul Rodríguez
How do I set up a cron job? And how do I set the frequency? -Paul Rodríguez On 19 Sep 2001 16:03:52 +1000, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > Giving direct root access without password protection to a user is a very bad > thing. A possible solution would be to use kdesu, which prompts for the root > p

Re: [newbie] suid icon on desktop

2001-09-18 Thread Paul Rodríguez
That's the way it is set up now. I wanted an icon to reset the network status in case the connection fails (allways a possibillity) without having to restart the computer. -Paul Rodríguez On 18 Sep 2001 01:24:03 +1000, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > Have you considered having the system automa

Re: [newbie] suid icon on desktop

2001-09-17 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On 17 Sep 2001 09:28:57 -0400, Paul Rodríguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a way I can set certain icons on a user's desktop that can can > run a program as root? For example, for a system I am building for my > mom, and icon that sets system time, or resets the dsl connection? > > -Pau