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2 total messages Started by S.A.McIntyre Thu, 12 Nov 1992 13:49

#3365

Author: S.A.McIntyre
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 13:49

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Since I, like no doubt many others, don't like logging in as root more  
often than necessary for pure administration, I tend to get a bit behind  
in the installation of new software to go in /LocalApps or somewhere  
else...

Is there any way of launching a FileViewer with setuid root privs?  I am  
getting tired of su'ing and manually cp'ing things from a /tmp directory  
and checking permissions and so on.

If it doesn't exist, maybe it should.


Scott

Re: su File Viewer

#3842

Author: Allen B
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 15:05

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In article <BxLvqp.B5o@newcastle.ac.uk> S.A.McIntyre@durham.ac.uk writes:
> 
> Since I, like no doubt many others, don't like logging in as root more  
> often than necessary...
> 
> Is there any way of launching a FileViewer with setuid root privs?
> 
> If it doesn't exist, maybe it should.

It certainly should.  I might be the numero uno complainer
in this field.  Everytime I get a program that tells me to
log in as root to install it, it drives me crazy.  Since I
actually have installed >every< program in the Archives
on my machine at one time or another, this comes up a lot. :-)

I'd like an "su" choice on the Workspace menu that
prompts for the root password.  Once you're su'd, it
should act like you're root for any new programs you start
as well as in the File Viewer.  If you hit su again, it should
confirm and then drop you back to yourself (and probably
Quit all the programs you started graphically).

I realize there are details that would take some thought
and decisions to work out, but I'd really appreciate this
feature!

ab

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