Re: su for dummies

[Christian Rose <menthos menthos com>]

thristian atdot org wrote:
> > 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. :(

It has always worked for me. Maybe there's something strange on your
system?


Cheers
Christian