On Sat, 28 Apr 2018 06:15:08 -0400 Tom H <tomh0665@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 5:41 PM, Samuel Sieb <samuel@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 04/27/2018 07:26 AM, D&R wrote: > >> On Fri, 27 Apr 2018 08:22:12 -0400 > >> Tom H <tomh0665@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>> > >>> sudo -s > >>> sudo su > >>> sudo su -l > >>> sudo sh > >>> sudo sh -l > >>> sudo bash -l > >>> ... > >> > >> None of the sudo commands listed allow you to run a graphical program ie. > >> meld. Is there some way to do that? > > sudo su - is not on the above list so I tried sudo su - I was able to run meld without any apparent problems. David > > Wayland does not let applications running as root have access to the > > display. There are some workarounds or you can login using an Xorg session > > instead. > > You only need to switch to X if the app hasn't been set up to run as > root using polkit. > > NM's applets are an example of the latter. > > APT's GUI application is an example of the former. > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
