From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 29 01:28:41 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D8B816A4CE for ; Wed, 29 Sep 2004 01:28:41 +0000 (GMT) Received: from yoda.pixi.com (yoda.pixi.com [206.127.224.41]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF7BB43D2F for ; Wed, 29 Sep 2004 01:28:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from knowtree@aloha.com) Received: from yoda.pixi.com (yoda.pixi.com [206.127.224.41]) by yoda.pixi.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id i8T0qSh06881 for ; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 14:52:28 -1000 Message-Id: <200409290052.i8T0qSh06881@yoda.pixi.com> To: questions@freebsd.org From: knowtree@aloha.com Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 14:52:28 HST X-Posting-IP: 141.190.32.68 X-Mailer: Endymion MailMan Standard Edition v3.2.19 Subject: Gnome administrative interface X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 01:28:41 -0000 I am looking for ways to smooth out administrative tasks under Gnome. Is there a way to configure applications or menu launchers so that when an application requires administrative rights it will prompt, in a nice dialog box, for the administrator password? For example, on my system, Applications / System Tools / Login Screen Setup produces an error dialog "You must be the super user (root) to configure GDM." But I don't want to log on as root, and I don't want to require people to open a terminal window and fool around with su and sudo to make it happen. I want it as smooth as it is in OS X. Has anyone done this? Is there a nice, Gnome-like GUI tool for managing users, groups, printers, and network shares? I know about SWAT and WebMin, but what I seek is the Gnome family equivalent. Gary Dunn Honolulu