Re: To use GUI as root

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Glyn Tebbutt wrote:

> --- Johan Sch <johansche@absamail.co.za> wrote: 
>  
>
> > In Suse if you are normal user you use . sux - . to
> > become root and be able to use GUI applications.
> >
> > Kindly please what would the same be in Debian.
> >
> >    
> Generally i use gksu
> http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/gksu
>
> So if i wanted to say use synaptic id just issue
>
> $ gksu synpatic
>
> Asks for root password and your off,
Or you can configure your user with sudo, and then the user can "sudo 
synaptic". The advantages of sudo are:

1) the sudoer uses his own password, so you don't have to give out the 
root password to several different people who need admin privs

2) sudo commands are logged

3) sudo can be restricted to give only the appropriate privs to the 
user; userA can be allowed to add/delete users, but not software; userB 
can be allowed to add/delete software but not users; userC can be 
allowed to do anything root can do; userD can be allowed to 
shutdown/reboot the box and do backups and edit /etc/fstab and nothing 
else; userE can be alowed to use a graphical CD burning app that's not 
suid; etc.

--
Kent