On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 10:41:38AM +0100 or so it is rumoured hereabouts,
Telsa Gwynne thought:
> On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 08:21:15PM +0100 or thereabouts, Conor Daly wrote:
> > On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 02:30:55PM +0100 or so it is rumoured hereabouts,
> > Telsa Gwynne thought:
>
> [or didn't thi
Thanks for the help! Simple question and I learned a bucketful. Great!
Barbara
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On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 08:21:15PM +0100 or thereabouts, Conor Daly wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 02:30:55PM +0100 or so it is rumoured hereabouts,
> Telsa Gwynne thought:
[or didn't think, apparently!]
> > you have to invoke it from the command line. You can't use the GNOME
> > panel and la
On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 02:30:55PM +0100 or so it is rumoured hereabouts,
Telsa Gwynne thought:
> On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 02:04:51PM +0100 or thereabouts, BobTFish wrote:
> > At 13:41 15/10/00, Telsa Gwynne wrote:
> > >On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 07:46:44AM -0400 or thereabouts, Barbara McMillin
> >
On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 01:38:03PM -0400, Caitlyn M. Martin wrote:
> Hi, Malcolm, and everyone else,
> > There has been a lot of discussion amongst Gnome developers about how to
> > handle applications which require root privileges to do certain things.
> > The result is best summarised as "no cle
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> > Um, that's what su *IS*. 'switch user'. And if you can get to root, the
> Um, that's what su *IS*. 'switch user'. And if you can get to root, the
> entire system is open to you.
>
> Colour me 'not understanding what's bugging you'.
I think it is important to mention at this point that you have to *enter
the password* of the user you are su'ing to (including su - to
On Sun, 15 Oct 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>BobTFish wrote:
>> Ouch, that is probably a bad thing(Tm).. I assume this means you can su to
>> any local user and start xterms on your desktop?
>Um, that's what su *IS*. 'switch user'. And if you can get to root, the
>entire system is open to you.
BobTFish wrote:
> Ouch, that is probably a bad thing(Tm).. I assume this means you can su to
> any local user and start xterms on your desktop?
>
> /me shudders at the thought..
>
> BobTFish (Going back to hide in a little world where security is important)
Um, that's what su *IS*. 'switch us
Hi, Malcolm, and everyone else,
>
> There has been a lot of discussion amongst Gnome developers about how to
> handle applications which require root privileges to do certain things.
> The result is best summarised as "no clear consensus". This is partly
> because each solution has its own drawba
On Sun, 15 Oct 2000, BobTFish wrote:
> At 14:30 15/10/00, Telsa Gwynne wrote:
>
> >I think I was unclear. You get the graphical application fine. But
> >you have to invoke it from the command line. You can't use the GNOME
> >panel and launchers, because they are still owned by guest and will
> >
At 14:30 15/10/00, Telsa Gwynne wrote:
> > >Unfortunately, you will have to do them at the command line, because
> > >there is currently no way to get a second little panel which has the
> > >programs which only root can use.
>I think I was unclear. You get the graphical application fine. Bu
On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 02:04:51PM +0100, BobTFish wrote:
> A good trick for if you want to run graphical applications as root, but
> from a normal user's session is to use ssh.
> As in you install sshd on your machine, make keys and everything then open
> a terminal window as normal and type:
>
On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 02:04:51PM +0100 or thereabouts, BobTFish wrote:
> At 13:41 15/10/00, Telsa Gwynne wrote:
> >On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 07:46:44AM -0400 or thereabouts, Barbara McMillin
> >wrote:
> > > Oftentimes I find myself in Gnome as guest and I want to change to root.
> > > How is this
At 13:41 15/10/00, Telsa Gwynne wrote:
>On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 07:46:44AM -0400 or thereabouts, Barbara McMillin
>wrote:
> > Oftentimes I find myself in Gnome as guest and I want to change to root.
> > How is this done on Gnome desktop? Barbara
>
> o open a terminal (xterm or gnome-terminal)
On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 07:46:44AM -0400 or thereabouts, Barbara McMillin wrote:
> Oftentimes I find myself in Gnome as guest and I want to change to root.
> How is this done on Gnome desktop? Barbara
I don't know any way to change everything from one user to another
user in X (which is what GNO
On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 07:46:44AM -0400, Barbara McMillin wrote:
> Oftentimes I find myself in Gnome as guest and I want to change to root. How
> is this done on Gnome desktop? Barbara
There is no way to suddenly change your whole session to behave as if
you have root privileges. This is by desi
Oftentimes I find myself in Gnome as guest and I want to change to root. How
is this done on Gnome desktop? Barbara
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