Can not run Programs that Require Root Access

[Ashley Pritchard]

thanks Ian for telling me that kdesu should be run as user. I did that & the
command 'kdesu pup' does work.

On 6/27/07, Ian Malone <ibmalone at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Ashley Pritchard wrote:
> > hello,
> >
> > I have recently installed Fedora 7 on my machine & got it working for
> the
> > most part ie...adding DVD, mp3 support etc...but now when I login to my
> > user
> > account from GDM into Gnome I am not able to use any programs that
> require
> > root access. If the Package updater pops up with updates I click on view
> > packages & it asks for my root password. I enter it & nothing happens &
> it
> > does the same thing for all programs that need root access.
>
> Something wrong there.  You evidently know the password since
> you can get a login at the console.  What other programs that
> need root access?
>
> File a bug.  You need to find out why this is happening; everything
> else is a workaround.
>
> > I have tried disabling selinux, not installing selinux updates, deleting
> > the
> > user account & creating a completely new user account with a different
> user
> > name & I have also reinstalled the OS because of this issue and here I
> am
> > back full circle. I have tried running the program through a terminal.
> > Loged
> > in as root from my user account I tried running the command 'pup' for
> the
> > package updater & I get the following info:
> >
> > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> > Xlib: No protocol specified
> >
>
> <snip>
>
> >
> > It was suggested to me from someone on a listserve to try this command
>
> It was in fact this list.  Please avoid starting a new thread for the
> same issue; people then have to go hunting for the previous discussion.
>
> > 'xhost +localhost' & 'kdesu pup' so I did & got the following info:
> >
> > [awp at localhost ~]$ xhost +localhost
> > localhost being added to access control list
> > [awp at localhost ~]$ su root
> > Password:
> > [root at localhost awp]# xhost +localhost
> > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> > Xlib: No protocol specified
> >
>
> I'm not sure xhost +localhost is sufficient.  Incidentally
> it's not expected that you then run it as root, you should
> be trying to run pup at this point.  Is XAUTHORITY set?
>
> > [root at localhost awp]# kdesu pup
> > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> > Xlib: No protocol specified
> >
> > kdesu: cannot connect to X server :0.0
> > so neither command resolved the issue.
> >
>
> kdesu should be run as a normal user: it's the kde equivalent
> to the gnome administrator password dialog, and semantically
> equivalent to sudo.
>
> > Then it was suggested to that I was actually logging into root the wrong
> > way. Do not ask me how since 'su root' has been the way i logged into
> root
> > since the old red hat days. So they said I should try 'su - root' so I
> did.
> > Well it turns out that 'su - root' does the same thing as 'su root'
>
> It does not.  "su -" or "su -l" asks for a login shell,
> environment variables like PATH will be set correctly,
> not inherited from your existing shell.  "root" is taken
> as read so 'su -l root' is equivalent to 'su -'.  However
> I don't find that not using a login shell prevents X apps
> from working here.  When changing shell to root you /should/
> use 'su -' (or 'su - root' if you prefer), 'su root' is a
> security risk as your environment variables will be unchanged.
>
> Have you done anything odd to your hostname?  How are you
> running the shell you use when su-ing to root?
>
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Diolch yn fawr, Ashley
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