How do I install gksudo and gksu in Fedora 25

asked 2016-12-14 16:25:49 -0600

graceful gravatar image

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How do I install gksudo and gksu in Fedora 25?

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If your using gnome wayland it isn't going to work as there is no display set for it to function.

geforce gravatar imagegeforce ( 2016-12-14 22:37:33 -0600 )edit

I seem to remember reading somewhere that in order to use gui tools like gedit to edit system files, such as /etc/default/grub, it was supposed to be necessary to use gksudo or gksu, since "sudo gedit /etc/default/grub" will not work under wayland, since wayland's security policy forbids ths. I think I managed it by logging into root first. "# gedit /etc/default/grub". What is the prefered way to do this? I've also read it's possible to use "beesu".

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graceful gravatar imagegraceful ( 2016-12-15 12:06:34 -0600 )edit

@graceful beesu doesn't work under wayland, see this-> https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/ques... and this -> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to...

hhlp gravatar imagehhlp ( 2016-12-16 07:20:08 -0600 )edit
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