On 10/06/11 18:27, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 18:17 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 10/06/11 05:18, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >>> On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 18:51 +0000, Camaleón wrote: >>>> On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 20:23:52 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >>>> >> <snipped> >>> >>> root@debian:/home/spinymouse# su --login >> >> Why is #(root) running su?? >> >> >> Cheers > > Usually I'm not doing this, I missed that I already was root when I > wanted to test the difference between 'su' and 'su --login', perhaps I > didn't push Ctrl + D hard enough, before I run 'su --login' and already > typed :D. > > Ralf > > I'm guessing from the gedit that you're running Gnome? Have you tried gksu and gksudo eg:- #gksu gedit (will work if installed)
Alternatively you could try:- $xhost + (might not work) then su and run graphic editor. NOTE: security risk, but doesn't survive a reboot. Can be made permanent, and I haven't tried this with anything later than Lenny. Cheers -- Tuttle? His name's Buttle. There must be some mistake. Mistake? [Chuckles] We don't make mistakes. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4df1e306.9010...@gmail.com
