2006/2/21, David Timms <dtimms@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Gerry Tool wrote: > > On Mon, 2006-02-20 at 16:52 -0800, Jesse Keating wrote: > >> On Tue, 2006-02-21 at 01:51 +0100, Marcin Grabda wrote: > >>> It is really disappointing. Windows XP has such feature since 5 years. > >>> Couldn't we provide option to disable/enable this when needed? Removing > >>> it is not a good way. > >> Windows XP does a lot of really really ugly things that we shouldn't > >> copy. This being one of them. > >> > > I agree. User switching should not even be in Windows XP. It causes a > > lot of confusion with laziness being the most usual reason for using it. > > I find that when admin'ing a machine that the ability to tell a GUI tool > that I want it to start with root rights would be handy. My current > method is invike a terminal, su - in that terminal, then start the app, > in background. > > I know that some apps (I guess ones that are marked as being useless > without root access), invoke the ~"please give root password" dialog. > Is there already a nice way to start other programs (most common example > for me: nmapfe and gnome-terminal) as root (or even another user) ? > > DaveT. > > -- > fedora-test-list mailing list > fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list > just use consolehelper and to mass deploy it just create an rpm package adding the consolehelper stuff for e.g. gnome-terminal calling it something like gnome-terminal-rootaccess and let it depend on gnome-terminal. I just dont see where this is different to opening a terminal and typing su -. dont even t hink it can be faster accessed etc. autologin into an environment as root isnt the way of "admining" id propose. regards, Rudolf Kastl -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list