Re: changing su (root password) to sudo (user password) -- just wondering ??
- From: William Case <billlinux rogers com>
- To: Ben Steeves <ben steeves unb ca>, GNOME List <gnome-list gnome org>
- Subject: Re: changing su (root password) to sudo (user password) -- just wondering ??
- Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:50:02 -0400
Thanks Ben;
On Tue, 2007-06-12 at 14:27 -0300, Ben Steeves wrote:
> On 6/12/07, William Case <billlinux rogers com> wrote:
> > Hi;
> >
> > Is there a relatively simple way to change admin/system programs called
> > by gnome launchers so that they ask for / accept the users password and
> > the sudoers file and configuration instead of only the root password?
>
> I think that's distribution specific. Fedora, for example, asks for
> the root password (or at least it did up to FC5, the last one I used).
> Ubuntu asks for the user's password. I believe the app used is
> gksu(do).
>
I have just done a clean Fedora 7 install, replacing FC6. I'll ask on
the Fedora list.
--
Regards Bill
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