That must be it! It displays the “Privilege granting preferences” dialogue that Caitlin appeared to refer to earlier on.cfb wrote:To make the selection for the current user, use this command:Code: Select all
$ gksu-properties
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Activating The Root Account (I Want To Use Su Not Sudo)
Re: Activating The Root Account (I Want To Use Su Not Sudo)
Re: Activating The Root Account (I Want To Use Su Not Sudo)
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# gksu-properties
(gksu-properties:3744): GConf-WARNING **: Client failed to connect to the D-BUS daemon:
Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
GConf Error: No D-BUS daemon running
(gksu-properties:3744): GConf-WARNING **: Client failed to connect to the D-BUS daemon:
Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
GConf Error: No D-BUS daemon running
(gksu-properties:3744): GConf-WARNING **: Client failed to connect to the D-BUS daemon:
Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
GConf Error: No D-BUS daemon running
(gksu-properties:3744): GConf-WARNING **: Client failed to connect to the D-BUS daemon:
Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
GConf Error: No D-BUS daemon running
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# dpkg-reconfigure synaptic
(no output from this command)
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# grep -r 'ubuntu' /etc/polkit-1 /var/lib/polkit-1 /usr/share/polkit-1
/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/com.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic.policy: <action id="com.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic">
Caitlin
Re: Activating The Root Account (I Want To Use Su Not Sudo)
You should run "gksu-properties" as your normal user, not as root.