tempforever said on Sun, 7 Nov 2021 14:19:54 -0500 >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
Try this: su -c - root mousepad Remember to put the dash between -c and root. If you get the same results, perform the following: su -c - root xterm Now, within that xterm, run the mousepad command and see what goes wrong. It's probably a wrong directory, or perhaps some missing environment variable, either of which can be cured by a shellscript. The shellscript, call it my_shellscript.sh, might look something like the following: #!/bin/sh cd /my/special/directory export MY_ENV_VAR="my special environment variable" exec mousepad If you use the shellscript, your command will be : su -c - root my_shellscript.sh SteveT Steve Litt Spring 2021 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
