Re: Problems running GUI programs as root under Jessie (MATE as DE)

[David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>]

Quoting Richard Owlett (rowlett@cloud85.net):
> I have an absolute requirement to run some GUI programs as root.
> 
> I captured one session with script.
> 
> Script started on Mon 30 Jun 2014 08:58:50 AM CDT
> richard@jessie:~$ su
> Password:
> root@jessie:/home/richard# pluma /etc/default/grub

I see you're not logging in as root. Which aspects of being
root are you relying on in your absolute requirement?

Cheers,
David.