(SOLVED..sort of) : Desktop launcher as root

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On Sat, 29 Apr 2006 21:24:27 -0400
Frank McCormick <fmccormick@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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On Sun, 30 Apr 2006 09:01:16 +1000
Peter Garrett <peter.garrett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sat, 29 Apr 2006 18:33:40 -0400
Frank McCormick <fmccormick@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


I've been trying unsucessfully to create a desktop launcher for midnight commander but as root. I've tried gksu, gksudo, sudo, su, and gksuexec. I guess the catch is mc has to be run in a terminal as root. Nothing I have tried works. Got any suggestions, I must be missing something obvious!

Try a "normal" launcher with

xterm -e sudo mc

or

gnome-terminal -e "sudo mc"

Gnome-terminal insists on the quotes, for some unfathomable reason. I
guess Gnome just likes to continue a great Unix tradition, by doing
everything slightly, but not completely, differently from every other known
terminal emulator ;-)

The terminal window should pop up with a password prompt, and mc should
start on entry of your password.


Nope. Doesn't work here (on Dapper) two windows pop up but mc never runs. Weird. Tried ticking the run in terminal box, using gnome-terminal and my normal shell rxvt-unicode.

I took Peter Garrets suggestion of a simple "sudo mc"...went into the config editor, changed the default
terminal to rxvt-unicode and it now works, but with a small window which has to be resized. But it works.
Thanks to everyone who offered suggestions.


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Cheers

Frank

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