[Novalug] ssh as root ( beating a dead horse into the ground)

[Matt Ryanczak]

On 03/07/2012 11:18 AM, John Holland wrote:
> This started I think with the question "how can I run an X GUI app as
> root within a normal user X session?"
>
> I offered ssh'ing as root into localhost. Anyone have another
> suggestion? When you sudo a X command does it work with the DISPLAY etc?

gksudo (or gksu)

man page:

> SYNOPSIS
>        gksu
>
>        gksu [-u <user>] [options] <command>
>
>        gksudo [-u <user>] [options] <command>
>
> DESCRIPTION
>        This manual page documents briefly gksu and gksudo
>
>        gksu  is  a frontend to su and gksudo is a frontend to sudo.  Their primary purpose is to run graphical com‐
>        mands that need root without the need to run an X terminal emulator and using su directly.
>
>        Notice that all the magic is done by the underlying library, libgksu. Also  notice  that  the  library  will
>        decide if it should use su or sudo as backend using the /apps/gksu/sudo-mode gconf key, if you call the gksu
>        command. You can force the backend by using the gksudo command, or by using the  --sudo-mode  and  --su-mode
>        options.
>
>        If no command is given, the gksu program will display a small window that allows you to type in a command to
>        be run, and to select what user the program should be run as. The other options are disregarded, right  now,
>        in this mode.