Thanks Todd; I looked at Rahul's advice. On Thu, 2006-12-07 at 13:08 -0500, Todd Zullinger wrote: > Rahul Sundaram wrote: > > The default solution used in Fedora is consolehelper. Might consider > > look at packages like system-config* tools and the man pages if you > > want to know more details. > I looked at the man pages for consolehelper and userhelper. I have enough Fedora battles to pursue at present without climbing the rather daunting PAM and consolehelper learning curve. Those other learning curves and battles are the reason I wanted to browse as root in the first place. > I think you'd have to admit that using consolehelper to start up > various programs -- somewhat random depending on the user's > needs/wants -- is a pain in the ass. > It looks like a pain in the ass to me as well -- I was originally looking for a way to make life a little simpler. > If someone wanted to run a file browser as root once in a while, doing > so via gksu nautilus is far simpler than creating a symlink to > consolehelper in /usr/bin and adding a configuration file to > /etc/security/console.apps/. If the user wanted to do all that they'd > have to open a terminal to do so and if they did that, the might as > well just run sudo nautilus and enter their password there. > > I don't personally have a need for gksu but I don't think I'm the > typical Fedora user either, as I always have a terminal full of tabs > open, use mutt to read my mail, and generally prefer text to gui for > most things. > Todd I appreciate you taking up the 'cause'. I wasn't getting much help elsewhere -- probably because I was mis-posing the question. > Am I missing something about the consolehelper method that would make > this process quicker and more flexible? > > Just out of curiosity, is there a way to start up a file browser as > root without a terminal in a default Fedora setup (meaning a Gnome > desktop) short of logging out of your user account and logging in as > root? > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- Regards Bill
