[opensuse] CLI command to open ( /sbin/yast2 {With admin passwd prompt} )???
When I run XFCE there exist "Menu->System->YaST" which will first prompt
user for root passwd then, if passwd correct will open yast2...
I spend more time using Enlightenment (e16) than xfce however, and e16's
menu doesn't have that choice...
When I select "Menu->System->YaST" from xfce and click on details it only
says "/sbin/yast2" but if I issue "/sbin/yast2" via xfrun4 run prompt it
doesn't prompt me for root password but only opens a stripped down version
of yast2 with only the options that don;t require root privileges.
I want to be able to fire up the yast control center with root permissions
from e16 But I don't know how to get the graphical root password prompt.
What do I need to put in a cli command besides /sbin/yast2 to trigger the
authentication prompt box???
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On 2010-08-22 19:45, Joe(theWordy)Philbrook wrote:
What do I need to put in a cli command besides /sbin/yast2 to trigger the authentication prompt box???
You need a tool such as "gnomesu" or "kdesu" for xfsce or enlightment. Or, you can simply open an xterm, there issue "su -", password, and "yast2 &" -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 11.2 x86_64 "Emerald" GM (Elessar))
On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 8:53 PM, Carlos E. R.
On 2010-08-22 19:45, Joe(theWordy)Philbrook wrote:
What do I need to put in a cli command besides /sbin/yast2 to trigger the authentication prompt box???
You need a tool such as "gnomesu" or "kdesu" for xfsce or enlightment.
Or, you can simply open an xterm, there issue "su -", password, and "yast2 &"
... or su - -c /sbin/yast2 -- Mark Goldstein -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 2010-08-22 20:15, Mark Goldstein wrote:
On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 8:53 PM, Carlos E. R. <> wrote:
Or, you can simply open an xterm, there issue "su -", password, and "yast2 &"
... or su - -c /sbin/yast2
Or sudo :-) -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 11.2 x86_64 "Emerald" GM (Elessar))
On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 9:44 PM, Carlos E. R.
On 2010-08-22 20:15, Mark Goldstein wrote:
On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 8:53 PM, Carlos E. R. <> wrote:
Or, you can simply open an xterm, there issue "su -", password, and "yast2 &"
... or su - -c /sbin/yast2
Or sudo :-)
sudo would not set $DISPLAY properly and ncurses version of yast will run (maybe there is some option, but I don't know it). su - create normal root environment. -- Mark Goldstein -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 2010-08-22 20:51, Mark Goldstein wrote:
On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 9:44 PM, Carlos E. R. <> wrote:
Or sudo :-)
sudo would not set $DISPLAY properly and ncurses version of yast will run (maybe there is some option, but I don't know it). su - create normal root environment.
Mmmm... didn't think of that. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 11.2 x86_64 "Emerald" GM (Elessar))
On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 09:46:52PM +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2010-08-22 20:51, Mark Goldstein wrote:
On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 9:44 PM, Carlos E. R. <> wrote:
Or sudo :-)
sudo would not set $DISPLAY properly and ncurses version of yast will run (maybe there is some option, but I don't know it). su - create normal root environment.
Mmmm... didn't think of that.
xdg-su /sbin/yast2 Ciao, MArcus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
It would appear that on Aug 22, Carlos E. R. did say:
On 2010-08-22 19:45, Joe(theWordy)Philbrook wrote:
What do I need to put in a cli command besides /sbin/yast2 to trigger the authentication prompt box???
You need a tool such as "gnomesu" or "kdesu" for xfsce or enlightment.
Or, you can simply open an xterm, there issue "su -", password, and "yast2 &"
I'd rather not do this via an xterm that I'd have to close. especially one that leaves an open root command prompt laying around... Though I suppose that for the I manually added e16 menu I might keep a menu entry of: " Control Center" NULL exec "xterm -e su -c /sbin/yast2" I didn't need the extra "-" arg in the "su - -c /sbin/yast2" somebody suggested...
On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 09:46:52PM +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2010-08-22 20:51, Mark Goldstein wrote:
On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 9:44 PM, Carlos E. R. <> wrote:
Or sudo :-)
sudo would not set $DISPLAY properly and ncurses version of yast will run (maybe there is some option, but I don't know it). su - create normal root environment.
Mmmm... didn't think of that.
Incidentally I found the sudo version to be an interesting alternative (once I set the font size to something legible " Text-mode yast2" NULL exec "xterm -fn 12x24 -e sudo /sbin/yast2"
xdg-su /sbin/yast2
One last point. Both xdg-su and kdesu are installed but
xdg-su /sbin/yast2
fails to do anything while
kdesu /sbin/yast2
works except that like sudo it remembers the previous successful root
passwd for a while. (This is NOT so good) If I had wanted one root
password entry to be good for several commands I'd have just opened a
root shell... (sigh)
Ah well I guess it's either that or put up with the unsightly xterm hanging
around until I close yast2
In any case, Thanks one & all for the kind suggestions. They helped
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It would appear that on Aug 22, Carlos E. R. did say:
Or, you can simply open an xterm, there issue "su -", password, and "yast2 &"
I didn't need the extra "-" arg in the "su - -c /sbin/yast2" somebody suggested...
the *extra* "-" gives the "su" root's environment. -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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