Re: su for dummies

[thristian atdot org]

On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 04:23:19PM +0100, Christian Rose wrote:
> Jonas De Vuyst wrote:
> > Obiously we need a "become root" dialog!
> 
> There already is such a thing. The "usermode" package in Red Hat
> includes a "consolehelper" tool that popups a window asking for the root
> password whenever a gui program that requires root privilegies is
> started.

...and it's never worked for me yet. When I run any of those
programs, I get the "please type the administrator password" box,
which I type (correctly), then the dialog goes away and nothing
happens. :(

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