sudo for gnome apps

suvayu ali fatkasuvayu+linux at gmail.com
Thu Jul 2 21:19:14 UTC 2009


2009/7/2 Konstantin Svist <fry.kun at gmail.com>:
> Is there a way to make UI apps prompt for sudo password, instead of root
> password?
> I'm talking about the same thing as ubuntu does.
>

Fedora uses polkit for that. At first I wasn't convinced how that was
better than gksu or gksudo, but after learning to use policy kit this
seems a lot more powerful and efficient.

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Suvayu

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