Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: The war continues.
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2016 16:50:45
Message-Id: 20160319165026.3007f654@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: The war continues. by Daniel Frey
1 On Sat, 19 Mar 2016 08:24:51 -0700, Daniel Frey wrote:
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3 > Using `kfmclient openProfile filemanagement` doesn't work for me (I
4 > can't browse /root), and `sudo konqueror` doesn't work (can't connect to
5 > X server.)
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7 Probably an environment variable not surviving the transition to root,
8 try sudo -E konqueror.
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10 > However, what did work was `kdesu konqueror`, which asked me for the
11 > root password. When I entered it, I can browse /root and create/edit
12 > files.
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14 kdesu and kdesudo take care of the fiddly bits involved in running X
15 programs as a different user (as does sux).
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19 Neil Bothwick
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