On Thu, 2 Dec 2010 22:05:35 +0100
Bill Allombert <bill.allomb...@math.u-bordeaux1.fr> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 01, 2010 at 03:17:42PM -0800, Andres Salomon wrote:
> > On Wed, 1 Dec 2010 22:40:53 +0100
> > Bill Allombert <bill.allomb...@math.u-bordeaux1.fr> wrote:
> >
> > Honestly, I think this should allow for an arbitrary command. If
> > I'm not using gksudo at all, it would be nice to be able to override
> > su-to-root. If I am using gksudo, setting something globally
> > in /etc/su-to-rootrc from a script is much easier than messing
> > around w/ gconf settings.
>
> Unfortunately the various su tools have incompatible command line
> interfaces (which is the main reason su-to-root exist instead of
> using update-alternatives). However, /etc/su-to-rootrc is sourced by
> su-to-root, so you can add whatever bash code you want to it,
> including gksu() { gksudo "$@"; }
Ah, neat, thanks!
>
> > At the moment, I'm having problems w/ gksu and wondering why I can't
> > just set SU_TO_ROOT_X=sudo (using passwordless sudo). As I
(*grumble*, #605633)
> > understand it, su-to-root doesn't enforce any security, it lets the
> > backend handle it.
>
> You cannot set SU_TO_ROOT_X to sudo, because sudo is not an X program.
> Instead you can do
> SU_TO_ROOT_X=su-to-root
> SU_TO_ROOT_SU=sudo
>
> Which will call sudo in an X terminal.
>
> Now, I have no objection to add gksudo/kdesudo to su-to-root, but it
> would be nice if d-i would configure su-to-root to use *sudo when the
> root-passwordless option is chosen. Currently only the gconf setting
> is set.
Keep in mind some of us aren't using d-i; instead, debootstrap + image
creation. :)
I'm not sure what the best option here is..
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