I'm logged on user "a" (with very few permissions), on the same system exists user "b" (in sudo group). When I run pkexec --user root mousepad (for example), it prompts for user "b" password, instead of root password. If I remove user "b" from sudo group, the above example will prompt for root password. I would like to keep user "b" in sudo group, and enter root user's password. I believe gksu used to do this. Is this possible to do any more in devuan?
In beowulf, I was allowed to run "su -c mousepad" but now that fails: (mousepad:3105): Mousepad-CRITICAL **: 13:59:58.624: Failed to initialize xfconf: The connection is closed which is why I am now using pkexec Actually I'll probably switch to a text-based editor for this particular case, but in general, for GUI applications, how is this done now? (another example, same situation) running "gparted" from user "a" will prompt for sudo user "b" password, instead of root password. I seem to remember a gparted-pkexec, but don't see that in Chimaera or Beowulf. Also package gksu is not available. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
