-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Monday 2008-05-26 at 23:37 +0200, Uwe Galle wrote:

I would like to start some utils easely from GNOME desktop (openSUSE 10.3). But some utils don't work correctly if they don't run as root - e.g. baobab. When I set the s-bit to let them always run with owner rights GNOME doesn't start them anymore. Starting baobab from a root shell works well. Is there a setting anywhere was allows this?

Start it from an xterm, and you will see why: ]cer@nimrodel:~> l /usr/bin/baobab ]-rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 114344 2007-09-25 22:11 /usr/bin/baobab* ]cer@nimrodel:~> baobab ] ](baobab:22588): Gtk-WARNING **: This process is currently running setuid or setgid. ]This is not a supported use of GTK+. You must create a helper ]program instead. For further details, see: ] ] http://www.gtk.org/setuid.html ] ]Refusing to initialize GTK+. ]cer@nimrodel:~> It might work using sudo instead [...] no, it doesn't, but it is a diferent problem: ]cer@nimrodel:~> sudo baobab ]cer's password: ] ](baobab:22629): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: ]cer@nimrodel:~> It does work via "gnomesu baobab", which needs the root password. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIOz5UtTMYHG2NR9URAlHMAJ443CDgcHbqzA7s44pNn8j2xMHH9wCghNYb 1zTqROa8p+2lMcRToB7ehRs= =Q0Ex -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org