How to run program who required sudo privilege using gnome interface
Posts: 2
Hi,
I've installed gnome instead of KDE after the operation all is fine except that all program that require sudo privileges can't be launched from menu of gnome.
example synaptic from System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager can't be launched I receive the very clear message :
The underlying authorization mechanism (sudo) does not allow you to run this program. Contact the system administrator.
This things was running good under KDE, what can I do to enable running program like these from gnome menu ?
thanks for help
Richard
Add KDESU
Posts: 75
I've run into the same problem with that and also with a gui for Dansguardian I installed. What I did is add kdesu to the beginning of the command in the shortcut (example: kdesu synaptic) launches synaptic and uses the kdesu command to request the root password.
"Freely you have received, freely give" [Matt 10:8]
edit /etc/sudoers as root,
Posts: 4077
edit /etc/sudoers as root, add this line:
your_user_name localhost=(ALL) ALL
(where your_user_name is the actual name of your account)
IMPORTANT: start Kuser and remove your account from "Sudo" group, otherwise you will not need to enter the password to execute sudo and your computer would be more vulnerable.
--
Check out Mepis wiki: www.mepis.org/docs