Aryan Ameri wrote:
On Tuesday 24 December 2002 00:59, David Marsh wrote:I would like to be able to setup kdm and/or the X server to allow me to open X applications when su'ed as root.
Sometimes when I am root I need to open an X application (eg, an installer for a 3rd-party application), but because kdm has locked things down, it won't let me connect to the server as root.
I have a similar problem in GNOME. The best solution I have been able to find is to use sudo and a modified sudoers file. This enables specific users to run specified progams as root.
PS: now that we are here, though others will disagree, but as a desktop user i sometimes beieve that debian is too secure, to the point that it is useless for average user.
Yes, I agree. For example, if you do a standard install with X and desktop environment from CD, gdm does not allow root login! You have to modify gdm.conf, but how would a first-time home user know that?
Also, KNOPPIX can autodetect graphics and other cards and automatically configure X. Why can't the standard Debian distro have a similar express install as well as the present one?
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