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Author: Didier Kryn
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] pkexec in Chimaera
Le 08/11/2021 à 14:16, Didier Kryn a écrit :
>     There is a hand-made replacement for pkexec and the good old gksu
> and gksudo:
>
> In your sudoers file (edited with visudo), put the following line
>
> Defaults env_keep = "XAUTHORITY DISPLAY"
>
> Note there can be other variables in the list, like EDITOR, but the
> above are the ones which will allow you to run GUIs under root priviledge.
>
> Then allow yourself to run foo with sudo (also by editing your sudoers
> file vith visudo) and then
>
> sudo foo
>
> hth
>
> --     Didier
>


    Alternative:

su -w DISPLAY,XAUTHORITY -c /usr/sbin/foo

Doesn't work with option -l of su; therefore the PATH is yours.

--     Didier