On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 11:59:56AM -0400, Patrick Wiseman wrote: ... > >> This is a design restriction in D-Bus." > >> [http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=518390] Well, > >> that's just stupid, especially for experienced users like myself; I > >> NEED to be able to use gnome-terminal as root. I don't want a hackish > >> workaround, I just want it to work as it always has. Is there ANY way > >> to make D-Bus less restrictive? > > > > Well, does this problem happens if user uses sudo mode for gksu. > > > > Application-> System Tools-> Configuration Editor: > > /apps/gksu/sudo-mode > > Makes no difference; 'gksu gnome-terminal' fails without a message. > > > Also question is what happens if you enter followings in terminal. > > > > $ su -c gnome-terminal > > $ sudo gnome-terminal > > $ sudo -H gnome-terminal
Hmmm ... so this > All fail with "Failed to contact the GConf daemon; exiting." are coming not from gksu but from gnome-terminal. How about $ su -c xterm $ sudo xterm $ sudo -H xterm If this works, this bug needs to be assigned to gnome-terminal. It should drop privilidge to use $SUDO_USER for sudo or $USERNAME for su which ever is not root before accessing GConf. > Apparently, dbus will accept changes in a system-local.conf file, so > I'll see if I can figure out what I need to do in there. This path may work but is not generic solution for all of us to live with. > Patrick > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
