On 04/27/2018 07:26 AM, D&R wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Apr 2018 08:22:12 -0400
> Tom H <tomh0...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 5:03 AM, Bob Marcan <bob.mar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Thu, 26 Apr 2018 13:09:43 -0700 Samuel Sieb <sam...@sieb.net> wrote:  
>>>> On 04/26/2018 01:03 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:  
>>>>> On 04/26/2018 12:54 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:  
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm curious what you find you need to use a root login for.  
>>>>>
>>>>> If I need to do more than one or two things as root, it's easier to
>>>>> become root rather than type sudo over and over.  
>>>>
>>>> That's what "sudo -i" is for.  
>>>
>>> Or "sudo bash"  
>>
>> Sure, or
>>
>> sudo -s
>> sudo su
>> sudo su -l
>> sudo sh
>> sudo sh -l
>> sudo bash -l
>> ...
> 
> None of the sudo commands listed allow you to run a graphical program ie.
> meld. Is there some way to do that?

Not really since you're simply running a shell as another user. The user
you're sudoing to would need to have an active desktop session running
(where the "$DISPLAY" environment variable is set) or start a desktop
session to use graphic programs.
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