On Sat, May 3, 2014 at 3:21 AM, Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net> wrote: > > Btw. xhost is needed when using gksudo: > > $ chuser firefox > No protocol specified > No protocol specified > Error: cannot open display: :0 > size == 0' failed > $ cat /usr/local/bin/chuser > #!/bin/sh > > # /usr/local/bin/chuser -> /.chuser/bin/chuser > > #xhost + > gksudo -u chuser "$*" > #xhost - > exit > > $ sudo nano /usr/local/bin/chuser > $ chuser firefox > access control disabled, clients can connect from any host > access control enabled, only authorized clients can connect > $ cat /usr/local/bin/chuser > #!/bin/sh > > # /usr/local/bin/chuser -> /.chuser/bin/chuser > > xhost + > gksudo -u chuser "$*" > xhost - > exit
Thanks. As I said earlier, I consider this a bug. What's the point of using gksu/gksudo if you have do use a wrapper that you could use around su/sudo? Maybe pkexec is the solution? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=sxcxlr+uzioywhwydo5k-dassd_c6+otak+cygasd9...@mail.gmail.com
