Graphical su(do)

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grogers3.14
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Graphical su(do)

Post by grogers3.14 »

I was wondering what people use for a graphical sudo. I am unhappy with gksu as it has, in my opinion, unnecessary dependencies (gnome-keyring). I was wondering what people use as a replacement for it.

In fact, does LXDE need its own graphical sudo application? If so, I would be happy to contribute one.
PCMan
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Re: Graphical su(do)

Post by PCMan »

Please contribute one if you can.
We really need one.
But we still have another problem, policyKit.
The use of sudo is now gradually replaced by policykit.
grogers3.14
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Re: Graphical su(do)

Post by grogers3.14 »

When I said I would contribute one, I was thinking it would be a simple frontend to sudo :)

I took a look at policykit, and it looks complicated. While I have programmed before, I havn't really done anything big, and rarely in C. I can give it a go, but I see a steep learning curve for me. Maybe a project could be started somewhere so others can contribute and I can get some help with it.

Sorry for the false promise :oops:
Marty Jack
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Re: Graphical su(do)

Post by Marty Jack »

I have just become aware of ktsuss from another forum post. Haven't played with it yet in order to know if it is suitable or if the developer might be open to suggestions if it isn't.
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