On Wed, Sep 04, 2013 at 05:52:59PM -0700, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 09/04/2013 05:44 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote: > >I don't think sudo works from a menu, you need gksudo or ksudo for that. > >That said, sudo is a hammer compared to polkit. For example, polkit can > >restrict allowed actions to a user present at the physical terminal (as > >the OP wanted), I don't think sudo can do that. > > Fedora comes with beesu and things such as yumex use it. Of course, you > could always just turn on the suid bit on the executable, but I'd leave it > as a last resort, especially as you'd have to do it again any time the file > gets updated. You just mentioned things that one should not do, specially on a system where curious students are bound to fool around. -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
