using sudo

Rex Dieter rdieter at math.unl.edu
Thu Nov 30 18:44:41 UTC 2006


David Berg wrote:

> I'm in the process of switching from ubuntu to Fedora and am so far
> impressed.  The first thing I want to change is how administration is
> handled.  I like ubuntu's decision to remove the root password and only
> allow root access through sudo.
> 
> So I gave myself full sudo access, disabled root logins, and eliminated
> the root password.  Works great on the command line.
> 
> The problem is this:  How can I get the gui's to switch from wanting to
> use an su interface (and asking for a non-existant root password) to
> using sudo?

kde and kdesu can be configured to use sudo, just put this in
/usr/share/config/kdesurc:
[super-user-command]
super-user-command=sudo

-- Rex





More information about the fedora-list mailing list