On Fri, May 02, 2014 at 02:04:46PM +0200, Slavko wrote: > > On Thu, May 01, 2014 at 07:29:08PM +0100, Tom Furie wrote: > > > Here, have a wrapper script > > > > > > --8x-------------------- > > > > > > #!/bin/sh > > > > > > xhost + si:localuser:root > > > sudo $@ > > > xhost - si:localuser:root > > > > > > --8x-------------------- > > And what about gksu(do)? > > ... and preserving environment when acting as a su frontend. It is > useful to menu items or other graphical programs that need to ask a > user's password to run another program as another user.
Context is all important. The code you quoted above was a quick response to Артур saying 'xhost +si:localuser:root' was too long to type, which came from me saying that if xhost *must* be used (i.e. there is no other alternative) then at least fully qualify who is allowed to connect. Of course using one of the "graphical sudos" would be the better choice as they are much more complete solutions than the code above. Cheers, Tom -- "Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow you may work."
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