Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2015 11:47:51 +0100 From: Mike Clarke <jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Use "kdesu" in KDE Message-ID: <1846362.0RNNXTKooT@curlew.lan> In-Reply-To: <20150412072053.49a74007@archlinux> References: <CAGk=YH45E5S7S-9P53eoKJbYce82iVD1950gDfNMvDqab1D4xA@mail.gmail.com> <4358779.WdKTPnpt2K@curlew.lan> <20150412072053.49a74007@archlinux>
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On Sunday 12 Apr 2015 07:20:53 Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Sat, 11 Apr 2015 21:55:16 +0100, Mike Clarke wrote: > >It's still there - /usr/local/lib/kde4/libexec/kdesu > > Lot of folks prefer > > http://www.freedesktop.org/software/polkit/docs/0.105/pkexec.1.html > > over kdesu. Interesting, I wasn't aware of that. But can it cope with opening a window on the desktop without needing to mess with xhost, .Xauthority and DISPLAY ? curlew:/home/mike% pkexec xterm Warning: This program is an suid-root program or is being run by the root user. The full text of the error or warning message cannot be safely formatted in this environment. You may get a more descriptive message by running the program as a non-root user or by removing the suid bit on the executable. /usr/local/bin/xterm: Xt error: Can't open display: %s /usr/local/bin/xterm: DISPLAY is not set -- Mike Clarke
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