do we have gnomesu command on Fedora?

[Dimitris Glezos]

O/H Paul Howarth έγραψε:
> Parag N(पराग़) wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> I need help in packaging gnome-main-menu package. For more
>> information on my problem  you can check
>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=199681.
> 
> It's normal practice to use consolehelper in Fedora instead.

There are many environments, like personal workstations at universities
and work, that a user is not given the root password and is only
included in the sudoers file to manage his workstation. Thus, he can't
use the current consolehelper method that requires a root password.

One approach to start a root-needing application is:

  $ xhost +localhost
  $ sudo system-config-mouse && xhost -localhost

Are there *no* plans to find a solution to this security hazard and
totally user unfriently workaround?

I understand that consolehelper is a much better option, but it just
doesn't work for *many* users. And the above workaround is far worse in
security than gnomesu et al.

-dim

> http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/sysadmin-guide/s1-access-console-enable.html
> 
> 
> Paul.
> 


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