Anno domini 2020 Fri, 14 Feb 11:30:03 +0100 Didier Kryn scripsit: > Le 14/02/2020 à 08:24, Tito via Dng a écrit : > > On 2/14/20 3:37 AM, Ozi Traveller via Dng wrote: > >> Does this help? You've probably seen this already..... > >> > >> https://mike632t.wordpress.com/2019/11/17/gksu-is-dead-long-live-pkexec/ > >> > >> https://www.freedesktop.org/software/polkit/docs/0.105/pkexec.1.html > >> > >> On Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at 12:28 PM Gastón via Dng <dng@lists.dyne.org > >> <mailto:dng@lists.dyne.org>> wrote: > >> > >> On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 03:16:58PM -0800, tom wrote: > >> > On Thu, 9 Jan 2020 16:50:15 +0000 > >> > Mark Hindley <m...@hindley.org.uk > >> <mailto:m...@hindley.org.uk>> wrote: > >> > > >> > > On Thu, Jan 09, 2020 at 05:44:17PM +0100, Alessandro Vesely > >> via Dng > >> > > wrote: > >> > > > Hi, > >> > > > > >> > > > is there a recommended GUI package browser for Devuan? > >> > > > > >> > > > After migrating, synaptic isn't installed. If I try to > >> install it, > >> > > > it says it needs policykit-1. Since the latter seems to > >> be akin to > >> > > > systemd, I reply 'n'. > >> > > > >> > > I really don't think that is true. There is no direct > >> relationship > >> > > between policykit-1 and systemd. And our policykit works > >> with either > >> > > elogind or consolekit, so you have options. > >> > > > >> > > If you want a integrated gui desktop that allows you to do > >> privileged > >> > > things like install packages, you will need policykit-1 or > >> something > >> > > similar. > >> > > > >> > > Alternatively, use apt or aptitude from the commandline. > >> > > > >> > > Mark > >> > > _______________________________________________ > >> > > Dng mailing list > >> > > Dng@lists.dyne.org <mailto:Dng@lists.dyne.org> > >> > > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng > >> > > >> > Sorry, can you explain why exactly polkit is needed here? What > >> is wrong > >> > with what everyone was doing before polkit which was gksu or > >> gksudo? > >> > > >> gksu is no longer available from Beowulf. Now, apparently, you > >> have to > >> use: pkexec > >> > >> I'm in touch with the GNU/EterTics developer and he's having trouble > >> running d-i from Live Mode on a beta version with Beowulf he's > >> testing. > >> > >> He used to launch the d-i from Live mode using this command: > >> `su-tu-root-X-c /usr/sbin/debian-installer-launcher`, but > >> su-tu-root is > >> no longer available. > >> > >> When he wants to launch the d-i from Live mode using this command: > >> `pkexec /usr/sbin/debian-installer-launcher` , the installer does > >> not > >> start in GUI mode. > >> > >> Yesterday we tried several alternatives, like this one, but without > >> success: > >> > >> We tried running it this way: > >> `pkexec env DISPLAY=$DISPLAY XAUTHORITY=$XAUTHORITY > >> /usr/sbin/debian-installer-launcher` , with this it tries to open a > >> window, but closes immediately. > >> > >> We couldn't get pkexec to run the d-I in GUI mode from live-version. > >> Nor is there much documentation about its use available. > >> > >> Has anyone been through this using pkexec? > >> > >> > >> > > > > Hi, > > you can try with sudo I tested it with synaptic and it seems to work: > > > > 1) add the live-mode user to /etc/sudoers with the nopasswd directive > > for the needed command e.g.: > > live-user ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/synaptic > > > > 2) run sudo synaptic from a commandline in the live session > > or add it to a panel launcher (works in xfce) > > or edit a .desktop file > > > Hi. > > AFAIR sudo does not transmit the X session. I heard years ago of > something called sudox. Dunno if it is available somewhere. I dislike > pkexec - just because of polkit - and used to use gksu or gksudo to run > synaptic. One can also fall back to 'ssh -X root@localhost synaptic' but > you must configure your ssh server to allow X sessions on root when > connection is on localhost.
There was a "sux" on ascii (or was it lenny?), that did thi thing for su. Pitty, it's gone. Nik > > Didier > > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng > -- Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing with the NSA, CIA ... _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
