Michael wrote:
> On Wednesday 29 July 2020 10:01:10 am Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote:
>> Anno domini 2020 Wed, 29 Jul 09:39:46 -0500
>>
>> Michael scripsit:
>> > Issue:
>> > In TDE in MX18 (stretch) the MX Tools apps would open in TDE.
>> >
>> > In TDE in MX19 (buster) the MX Tools that need to run as root will not
>> > open in TDE. The behavior is click the menu item and nothing happens
>> > (e.g. do not get any prompts for password).
>> >
>> > MX Dev:
>> > “What does TDE Buster use to escalate permissions for their apps that
>> > need it?”
>> > “We did switch them to using a wrapper called mx-pkexec to keep the
>> > tools working on Buster after Debian removed gksu and went more to
>> > policykit-based privileges.”
>>
>> IMO it's "tdesu"
>
> Thanks Nik,
>
> Temporary fix (loging out to Xfce is horrible!).
>
> Example MX tool Menu Command:
> su-to-root -X -c mx-packageinstaller
>
> Works from command line:
> tdesu mx-packageinstaller
>
> Best,
> Michael
xhost +local:0
su -
or
sudo
run the app as root and when done
logout
xhost -local:0
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