Re: Paternalistic D-Bus Restrictions (was Re: 'Applications, Accessories, Root Terminal' fails silently)
On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 3:13 PM, Rick Thomas<rbthomas55@pobox.com> wrote:
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> Bug reported as Bug#533089
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> Sadly, if your diagnosis is correct, it may not be fixable...
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> Oh well, I guess that's what "sudo -i" in a normal terminal is for...
'sudo -l' you mean? That (or just 'su' alone) gives me root access
within a gnome-terminal, at which point I can do what I need to do.
But that also demonstrates that whatever security concerns are driving
the disabling of 'Root Terminal' from the menu are completely bogus.
And it has conveniences (not having to provide a password every time I
open a new tab, for example) which this workaround doesn't. Oh, well,
indeed ....
Patrick
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