At 2:26 PM -0400 6/12/07, William Case wrote:
>Hi;
>
>I originally asked this question on the Gnome list and got this quoted
>response:
>
>> > Is there a relatively simple way to change admin/system programs
>called
>> > by gnome launchers so that they ask for / accept the users password
>and
>> > the sudoers file and configuration instead of only the root
>password?
>>
>> I think that's distribution specific. Fedora, for example, asks for
>> the root password (or at least it did up to FC5, the last one I used).
>> Ubuntu asks for the user's password. I believe the app used is
>> gksu(do).
>>
>I have just done a clean Fedora 7 install, replacing FC6. I'll ask on
>the Fedora list.
>
>So, I am asking. Can I change the su launcher gizmo to a sudo qizmo
>with out ripping things apart? e.g. change something in the launcher
>command line?
I did this:
# sleep 10 ; ps -ef
Launch something administrative, get dialog
I see that userhelper is being used. Man userhelper indicates that it
looks in /etc/security/console.apps/<command name> to see which user to
authenticate, and there I see "root". If the variable USER is set to
"<user>", then the invoking user is authenticated (much like sudo, but not
using sodoers).
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