sudo in .desktop file when launching graphical app

Fedora 14 i can run a program with another user with: (command before): xhost local:transmission-user the command: sudo -u transmission-user -- /usr/bin/transmission-gtk & from the gnome-terminal. But: echo -e '#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open\n\n[Desktop Entry]\nVersion=1.0\nType=Application\nTermi

SOLVED! - Re: sudo a graphical app? still not working - SOLVED!

Question: THE SOLUTION: $ xhost local:transmission-user $ sudo -u transmission-user -- /usr/bin/transmission-gtk YUP!! :) On Tue, 08 Feb 2011 06:25:39 -0800 kellyremo <kellyr...@zoho.com> wrote Fedora 14: i cleared all the firewall rules

sudo a graphical app? still not working

Fedora 14: i cleared all the firewall rules, then: visudo: Defaultsenv_keep += "DISPLAY XAUTHORITY" MYTRUEUSER ALL=(transmission-user) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/transmission-gtk $ sudo -u transmission-user -- /usr/bin/transmission-gtk No protocol specified Cannot open display: $ if i ps | grep

Run application with other user

OS: Fedora 14 GUI: GNOME I need to run an application with another user then the "default" (normally used). Purpose: create a ".desktop" file on my desktop to run e.g.: Google Chrome with another user (NOT ROOT! - so beesu doesn't count.) There aren't any gksu, or kdesu packages in Fedora 14. W

Autorun is VERY bad

How to disable autorun? Are there any hidden autorun features on a standard Fedora install?? http://securitytube.net/USB-Autorun-attacks-against-Linux-at-Shmoocon-2011-video.aspx -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admi

Re: gksu alternative for Fedora

"gksu -u SOMEUSER SOMECOMMAND" SOMEUSER isn't "root". On Sun, 06 Feb 2011 09:43:26 -0800 Joe Zeff <j...@zeff.us> wrote On 02/06/2011 09:29 AM, kellyremo wrote: > i knowed beesu before, but i think it's only for gaining priviledge to > the

Re: gksu alternative for Fedora

i knowed beesu before, but i think it's only for gaining priviledge to the root user. i'm missing the "gksu -u SOMEUSER SOMECOMMAND" from Fedora 14 :( On Sun, 06 Feb 2011 05:57:28 -0800 Marko Vojinovic <vvma...@gmail.com> wrote On Sunday 06 February 201

if the file changes send email about diff

I have 2 script. Script "A", Script "B". Script "A" is regulary watching the "dhcpacks" [dhcp release is configured to 2mins] in the logs, for the past 2 minutes. it writes the MAC addresses to a file [/dev/shm/dhcpacks-in-last-2min.txt] every 2 minutes. Ok, this is working, active clients are

gksu alternative for Fedora

I want to run an app [graphical] not with my default user on my laptop when using GNOME. Are there any gksu alternatives for Fedora 14? Even kdesu isn't in the offical repositoryes. Why? -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://

OpenSSH could be faster...then why don't they path it??

https://www.psc.edu/networking/projects/hpn-ssh/hpn-v-ssh-tput.jpg "SCP and the underlying SSH2 protocol implementation in OpenSSH is network performance limited by statically defined internal flow control buffers. These buffers often end up acting as a bottleneck for network throughput of SC

"https is faster on amd64?"

http://devcentral.f5.com/weblogs/macvittie/archive/2011/01/31/dispelling-the-new-ssl-myth.aspx according to the "SSL Performance" table it says that the transactions per second is 2-3 times better using 64bit kernels opposite to 32bit kernels? is this true, or i am just misunderstanding so

Security - Run apps with other users

OS: Fedora 14 i386 It's used as a ""normal desktop laptop"". "USER A" - it's the mainly used user, i log in with GDM with it, etc. Goal: I need a little more security - separate a few apps! How: run 3 applications ( Transmission, Google Chrome, Wine ) with other users ( so not with "USER A" ).

Re: Aspect ratio issues Compaq 610 - VC275EA#AKC

yes: http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=594G6net On Sat, 05 Feb 2011 02:24:24 -0800 Linux_Sle <linux_...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote On 02/05/2011 10:07 AM, kellyremo wrote: http://i.imgur.com/wReYv.png And theres no Hardware Accelerated 3D for this laptop? Even proprietary? Please

Re: "fatal error occurred when installing the module-init-tools"

ftp://ftp.fsn.hu/pub/linux/distributions/fedora/linux/releases/14/Fedora/i386/iso/ On Sat, 05 Feb 2011 02:31:11 -0800 Linux_Sle <linux_...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote On 02/05/2011 04:21 AM, kellyremo wrote: i burned 5 cds [Fedora 14 i386] but when the install starts: "

Re: Aspect ratio issues Compaq 610 - VC275EA#AKC

http://i.imgur.com/wReYv.png And theres no Hardware Accelerated 3D for this laptop? Even proprietary? Please help! On Sat, 05 Feb 2011 00:40:15 -0800 kellyremo <kellyr...@zoho.com> wrote Dear community! I have a Compaq 610 - VC275EA#AKC http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=59

Aspect ratio issues Compaq 610 - VC275EA#AKC

Dear community! I have a Compaq 610 - VC275EA#AKC http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=594G6net my screens aspect ratio is not good :S i'm googling it for hours now, but without luck e.g.: i found this.. http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?p=1431329 how can i install [are there any] good dri

Re: "fatal error occurred when installing the module-init-tools"

g it now... On Fri, 04 Feb 2011 20:21:59 -0800 kellyremo <kellyr...@zoho.com> wrote i burned 5 cds [Fedora 14 i386] but when the install starts: "fatal error occurred when installing the module-init-tools" "exit install" :( the laptop is a HP Compaq 610

"fatal error occurred when installing the module-init-tools"

i burned 5 cds [Fedora 14 i386] but when the install starts: "fatal error occurred when installing the module-init-tools" "exit install" :( the laptop is a HP Compaq 610 i'm running a memtest on the Fedora 14 CD, but no errors found i had checked the checksums, but all OK. What could be the

3D in Fedora

When i was using Debian on my PC, i just: apt-get install -y mesa-utils libgl1-mesa-dri and then...the 3D games, like torcs didn't lag anymore. Question: Are there any "mesa" -""like"" packages in Fedora, that i can install, so that e.g.: torcs will not lag after installing it? Thank you --

How to set GNOME-panel to several columns if needed?

http://i.imgur.com/rUKeu.png how could i configure the GNOME-panel to have several columns [if there are many applications]? ~~like this: http://i.imgur.com/ElgAA.jpg Thank you! -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.

internet connection tester script

http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=rykHdvBh bix.hu and www.yahoo.com are "pingable" test sites. 127.0.0.1 could not be pinged [firewall drops all icmp] i have a "oneliner" that echoes if theres "internet connection or no". $ ping -W 1 -c 2 bix.hu >& /dev/null && ping -W 1 -c 2 www.yahoo.com >& /dev/

privoxy errors

i installed a proxy on my Fedora 14 Box yum -y install privoxy chkconfig --level 5 privoxy on ok...it worked fine.. later.. i adduser USERNAME, and logged in with it. i tried to browse the web, but: http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/3323/screenshotmm.png why? i have to restart the privoxy to

putting "/tmp" to memory

"to memory" means: mounting a ~2 GByte filesystem [ tmpfs?, or ramfs? ], and put the "/tmp" on it. [ e.g.: 4 GByte ram in the pc ]. what to write in the "/etc/fstab"? I would like to collect the [ answers too:P ]: Advantages: - Memory is way faster then HDD/SSD, so it could speed things u

NOD32 on Linux

Anyone using it? http://beta.eset.com/linux What are the experiences? Does it slows down the pc? Do we need it? -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedor

nautilus help

When i rith click on a file in nautilus, i could see, this: Compress -> .tar.xz Compress -> .tar.7z But there not using the best compression method: smallest file/longest creation time, like: 7z a -mx=9 FOO.tar.7z FOO.tar xz -9 -z FOO.TAR How could i set it in nautilus, to ".tar.xz" with "-9"