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How do i open anything...say menu.lst or similar that require sudo access graphicaly(that is without going to the terminal)...
offcourse i know the terminal way
Code:
sudo gedit.......
- 10-19-2008 #1Just Joined!
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Getting Sudo access graphicaly
How do i open anything...say menu.lst or similar that require sudo access graphicaly(that is without going to the terminal)...
offcourse i know the terminal way
Code:sudo gedit....
- 10-19-2008 #2forum.guy
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You can try gksu:
GKSu's Home Page
...that's still done through the terminal application, though.Code:gksu gedit /path/to/file
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You can open your file manager software(nautilus/konqueror or whatever it is) from terminal as root. Then you will be able to access all directories graphically as root from the window that opens.
- 10-19-2008 #4Linux Guru
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gksu as indicated by ozar above is probably the best way to go with this ... or kdesu if you are using kde as the desktop. Ozar has already posted a link to the gksu home page ... here is some additional info which you should consider before using sudo to launch graphical applications
If you want to regularly launch the application then you can also add a menu entry using gksu ... but I'd try to use the command line instead as this should be less of a security issue.
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