[K12OSN] Launchers won't run without terminal

David Hopkins dahopkins429 at gmail.com
Wed Aug 22 17:40:13 UTC 2007


This is 'off the top of my head' but when I created the launcher for our
systems, I exec'ed the application.  Is that all that is needed?

On 8/22/07, Joe Korzeniewski <jkorzeni at battle-creek.k12.mi.us> wrote:
>
> Peter,
>
> Thanks for your reply. I looked through the manpage and didn't notice
> anything like what you mentioned.
>
> -Joe
>
>
> Joe Korzeniewski
> Network Administrator
> Battle Creek Public Schools
> p. 269-965-9667
> c. 269-209-9677
>
> >>> Peter Scheie <peter at scheie.homedns.org> 08/22/07 1:20 PM >>>
> There's a setting you need to change or add in /etc/sudoers to allow
> users to run things under sudo without the need for a terminal.  I
> forget what the setting is, but check the sudoers man page.
>
> Peter
>
> Joe Korzeniewski wrote:
> > Hello everybody,
> >
> > I am having a problem that I am guessing is very simple. I have my
> /etc/sudoers set up to allow teachers to run fl_teachertool without entering
> a password. sudo /usr/sbin/fl_teachertool works like a charm from the
> terminal. When I create a launcher to run that command though it does
> nothing. If I change the launcher to run in a terminal it works perfectly
> again. Any idea how to make it run without needing to open a terminal?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > -Joe
> >
> >
> >
> > Joe Korzeniewski
> > Network Administrator
> > Battle Creek Public Schools
> > p. 269-965-9667
> > c. 269-209-9677
> >
> >
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