Quoting Didier Kryn (k...@in2p3.fr): > 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 [...]
You're a man of wise instincts, Didier. ;-> Here's a Linuxmafia.com Knowledgebase article I try to bring up to date every couple of years: 'Root w/X11' on http://linuxmafia.com/kb/Security/ (direct link http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Security/root-with-x11.html). I'm _personally_ a long-term fan of the first option mentioned which is: "ssh -Y root@localhost" (requires local sshd) There are good marketing reasons that desktop-oriented Linux distributions don't even consider recommending that to the masses, but that doesn't make any difference to my own solution-finding processes, and it's a nicely Unix-ey solution to the problem posed. Distros might do well to look at some of the other options I list, such as ktsuss ("keep the su simple, stupid"). _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
