Sudo or su ? [WAS Re: Firmware III grub]

2022-06-12 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
> > > > Von: Greg Wooledge > Gesendet: Dienstag, 24. Mai 2022 19:16 > An: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Betreff: Re: Firmware III grub > > On Tue, May 24, 2022 at 09:07:46PM +0200, Siard wrote: > > I accomplished the same by crea

Re: Firmware III grub

2022-05-24 Thread tomas
On Tue, May 24, 2022 at 03:16:46PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, May 24, 2022 at 09:07:46PM +0200, Siard wrote: > > I accomplished the same by creating /usr/local/bin/su containing these > > lines: > > > > #! /bin/sh > > PATH=$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin > > /bin/su > > > > and making it execut

Re: Firmware III grub

2022-05-24 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, May 24, 2022 at 09:07:46PM +0200, Siard wrote: > I accomplished the same by creating /usr/local/bin/su containing these lines: > > #! /bin/sh > PATH=$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin > /bin/su > > and making it executable. Clever. But the final line should be: exec /bin/su "$@" I still prefer the

Re: Firmware III grub

2022-05-24 Thread Siard
Hans wrote: > There is also "su -p", which stands for "preserve". You need this, if you > want use graphical applications as a normal user, which need root rights > (for example wireshark or editing config files with kwrite, with owner > "root"). I accomplished the same by creating /usr/local/bin/

Re: Firmware III grub

2022-05-24 Thread Hans
There is also "su -p", which stands for "preserve". You need this, if you want use graphical applications as a normal user, which need root rights (for example wireshark or editing config files with kwrite, with owner "root"). I remember, there was "sux" in earlier times (dunno if it was a SuSE

Re: Firmware III grub

2022-05-24 Thread to...@tuxteam.de
On Tue, May 24, 2022 at 04:50:35PM +, Schwibinger Michael wrote: [turning around the quoting order: top quoting drives me bonkers] > tomas wrote > > I see. You can also do it from a normal terminal > > by typing "sudo" before the command. You are then > > asked for your password, then the co

Re: Firmware III grub

2022-05-01 Thread to...@tuxteam.de
On Sun, May 01, 2022 at 11:49:30AM +, Schwibinger Michael wrote: > > Good afternoon > Thank You > > I did start the root terminal. > > LXDE has a root terminal. I see. You can also do it from a normal terminal by typing "sudo" before the command. You are then asked for your password, then t