[CLUE-Tech] Re:why on earth should linux attempt to become user friendly?

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The problem with the application is it was not written to ask for
root password. For example, if you run helix-update as a non-root
user, it will request the root password. I suggest you submit a
bug report to the appropriate place.

To get around this problem you do not need to terminate your X
sesson. Just start an aterm, xterm, rxvt, kterm, konsole,
gnome-terminal or your favorite terminal application from your
current X session. Then su to root. Then start the process.

Alternatively, you might want to "Get the Source" and fix this
problem??

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On Thu, 19 Apr 2001 06:19:53 -1000
Cyberclops <Cyberclops at hawaii.rr.com> wrote:

> Right, I don't want to be logged on as root.  I just want to be able to
> get root privileges for a limited time when needed.  That's what's
> missing right now, and it's very annoying.  It's enough to make me want
> to waste money on Mac hardware.  The problem with Linux is that it was
> conceived as a command line deal long ago with a GUI only as an after
> thought.  There needs to be a version of linux for home users that gives
> more priority to the GUI.  Personally I think the entire problem would
> go away if every time a dialog box popped out and said, "you need root
> privileges to do this" it would also say, "enter the root password."
> 
> Brandon N wrote:
> > 
> > sudo doesn't really "toggle" anything, when you start a program with
> > sudo as a wrapper, that program has the priveleges of root.
> > 
> > so I suppose you could do "sudo startx"  but I don't really see the
> > point.
> > 
> > most of the time, you don't want to be logged in as root.
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