From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 7 16:39:13 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B57516A4CE for ; Thu, 7 Apr 2005 16:39:13 +0000 (GMT) Received: from one.valcatohosting.com (one.valcatohosting.com [67.19.219.34]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AAEA43D2F for ; Thu, 7 Apr 2005 16:39:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from adam@moosoft.net) Received: from cpc3-nthc1-4-0-cust42.nrth.cable.ntl.com ([213.107.150.42] helo=[192.168.1.202]) by one.valcatohosting.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.43) id 1DJa22-0004Yw-8W; Thu, 07 Apr 2005 17:39:02 +0100 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Adam McMaster Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 17:39:10 +0100 To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619.2) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - one.valcatohosting.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - moosoft.net X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Subject: Use sudo for authentication for "Administration" items X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 16:39:13 -0000 I use sudo instead of su to execute commands as root, and have the root account locked (so there is no password for it which can be entered when prompted by Gnome). This means I can not use anything under the "Administration" menu in Gnome. Is there anything I can do to make Gnome to use sudo for authentication for the things in that menu? Or do I have to resort to patching / recompiling some component of Gnome? (Make sure replies to the list are CC'd to me, as I'm not subscribed.) -- - Adam McMaster