On Fri, 2005-02-25 at 18:16 -0500, Michael E. Crute wrote: > I would like to be able to do this with Gnome so that the file manager > can run as root until I tell it to "forget the user authorization". > Right now I have two alternatives, log in to Gnome as root or use a > command prompt neither of which I want to do. It's cheesy, but it will work: ssh -Y root@localhost nautilus --no-desktop --browser Gnome seems to intercept the ssh process and pop up a dialog for the appropriate password password. I tried it from Actions->Run application, which means if you go to the trouble to make a launcher (.desktop file) for it, it should work too. The -Y makes the X forwarding work. For others on the list who aren't opposed to having a shell window open, you can also look into using sudo, which can let you run most any command as root when you need to, with varying degrees of control over which commands are allowed and who can run them, and whether or not they need to enter (their personal) password, and other things. Handy for when you need to edit a config file, but don't feel like opening a full root shell, or when you trust someone to do a specific admin task, but don't want to share the root password. Good luck, Rich -- From the Notebook of Rich Renomeron Sick of popups? Use Firefox. http://www.mozilla.org/firefox
