Re: [Hampshire] GUI editor as root in Etch running KDE

On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:33:49 +0100
hantslug@??? wrote:

> > The easiest way is to open a terminal (Konsole), su to root and
> > then type in the name of the application (kate). This will open
> > it as root.
>
> That is what I usually do. It didn't work in Etch. :-(

have you tried "sux" from a non-root konsole, you may need to install
sux first,

I get this dialog:

jayell@benden:~$ sux
Password:
xauth: creating new authority file /root/.Xauthority
benden:/home/jayell# scite

scite is a gui version of vim (since I don't have any non-vim
based editors) and it opened OK

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John Lewis
Debian Linux with Geneweb genealogy application