Re: Using gnome-apt as non-root
On Sat, Jun 26, 1999 at 08:25:05PM -0400, Stuart Ballard wrote:
> Is it possible to arrange for gnome-apt to be usable by a non-root user?
Yes, there is sudo.
or, I think, you can (in a Xterm )
su
<password>
export XAUTHORITY=/home/user/.Xauthority
gnome-apt
It should work but I've not tried.
> To run it as root I have to mess about with X authorization and even
> once that is done my GTK themes aren't respected. I guess my question
> can be broken down as follows (and an answer to either part would be
> enough)
>
> 1) Is there a way to run programs as root from X, respecting such things
> as the current GTK theme; OR
>
> 2) Is there a way to enable a regular user to run apt/dpkg/gnome-apt?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Stuart.
>
>
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