I really didn't mean to kick this off ;)
Original poster: instead of the GUI programm, I recommend you try
cfdisk. It's not "graphical", but it has a nice UI, and it can do
everything you need. `sudo cfdisk /dev/device` and you're going to
be much happier.
--
.''`. martin f. krafft @mart
On Wed, 05 Oct 2022 10:59:47 -0400
The Wanderer wrote:
> > Sorry, must have missed the memo that made an apparently-typo-ed
> > double question mark into an emoticon.
>
> It's not an emoticon. There is a convention, which if I'm not mistaken
> goes back decades and originates well before emoti
On 2022-10-05 at 11:21, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote:
>> On 2022-10-05 at 10:48, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote:
>>> Perhaps you could explain why the debian manpage specifically
>>> says it must be run as root then?
>>
>> What is "it" here? That is, what is the specific program to whose
>
> On 2022-10-05 at 10:48, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote:
>
> >> On Wed, Oct 05, 2022 at 10:30:37AM +0100,
> >> debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote:
>
> >>> Yes, I am running a GUI as root. It won't run as normal user.
> >>
> >> You seem to have missed the implied criticism and/or incredulity
On 2022-10-05 at 10:48, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote:
>> On Wed, Oct 05, 2022 at 10:30:37AM +0100,
>> debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote:
>>> Yes, I am running a GUI as root. It won't run as normal user.
>>
>> You seem to have missed the implied criticism and/or incredulity.
>> Hint: look at
> On Wed, Oct 05, 2022 at 10:30:37AM +0100, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk
> wrote:
> > > Regarding the following, written by "debian-u...@howorth.org.uk"
> > > on 2022-10-04 at 13:52 Uhr +0100:
> > > >PS as you surmised, I don't really want root ssh access.
> > >
> > > But you are running GUIs
On Wed, 05 Oct 2022 15:52:58 +0300
Anssi Saari wrote:
Hello Anssi,
>I only run one, GParted. As I don't mess around with partitions that
>often I want a clear GUI tool that hopefully shows me if I'm about to do
>something catastrophical. IOW, I don't see an alternative.
AFAIR, you run GParted a
martin f krafft writes:
> But you are running GUIs as root??
I only run one, GParted. As I don't mess around with partitions that
often I want a clear GUI tool that hopefully shows me if I'm about to do
something catastrophical. IOW, I don't see an alternative.
On Wed, Oct 05, 2022 at 10:30:37AM +0100, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote:
> > Regarding the following, written by "debian-u...@howorth.org.uk" on
> > 2022-10-04 at 13:52 Uhr +0100:
> > >PS as you surmised, I don't really want root ssh access.
> >
> > But you are running GUIs as root??
>
> Yes
On 2022-10-05 at 05:30, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote:
>> Regarding the following, written by "debian-u...@howorth.org.uk"
>> on 2022-10-04 at 13:52 Uhr +0100:
>>
>>> PS as you surmised, I don't really want root ssh access.
>>
>> But you are running GUIs as root??
>
> Yes, I am running a GUI
> Regarding the following, written by "debian-u...@howorth.org.uk" on
> 2022-10-04 at 13:52 Uhr +0100:
> >PS as you surmised, I don't really want root ssh access.
>
> But you are running GUIs as root??
Yes, I am running a GUI as root. It won't run as normal user.
Regarding the following, written by "debian-u...@howorth.org.uk" on 2022-10-04
at 13:52 Uhr +0100:
PS as you surmised, I don't really want root ssh access.
But you are running GUIs as root??
--
.''`. martin f. krafft @martinkrafft
: :' : proud Debian developer
`. `'` http://people.deb
On 4/10/22 8:52 pm, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote:
To use the display without ssh root login. ssh as normal user to
host. Then
echo $DISPLAY
su -
export DISPLAY=localhost:10 (or whatever your logged in user DISPLAY
is set to)
xauth add $(xauth -f ~/.Xauthority list | tail -1)
xhost
Tha
> On 4/10/22 7:39 pm, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > Change the sshd_config to allow direct root logins.
> > Then do ssh -X r...@debian.box.
> >
> > If you're the paranoid type, or if the Debian system is exposed to
> > the public Internet, then make sure you only permit root logins
> > when using pubkey
On 4/10/22 7:39 pm, Greg Wooledge wrote:
Change the sshd_config to allow direct root logins.
Then do ssh -X r...@debian.box.
If you're the paranoid type, or if the Debian system is exposed to the
public Internet, then make sure you only permit root logins when using
pubkey authentication, not p
On Tue, Oct 04, 2022 at 12:31:23PM +0100, Dave Howorth wrote:
> I have a machine running debian that I access using ssh. I use the -X
> with ssh and can successfully run e.g. xeyes on the debian machine
> showing the display on my local machine. But now I want to run a
> graphical program that need
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