[KLUG Members] When Launching Apps from a terminal

[Chester Wisniewski]

Green Proc wrote:

>adam at morrison-ind.com wrote:
>  
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>>>paul:/home/twedad# gnome-system-monitor
>>>(gnome-system-monitor:1730): GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to
>>>session manager:
>>>Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols
>>>specified are supported and host-based authentication failed.
>>>      
>>>
>>Based upon your prompt I suspect you su'd and then tried to run the app?
>>    
>>
>
>Yes, I did a 'sudo su' and then ran the command to avoid typing my root
>password, because the gnome-system-monitor when launched from the gnome
>menu askes for root privelidges of course.  Is this a benign error?  Or
>do I have some setting up to do of authentication that was never tended
>to as a post install task?
>
>  
>
Typically the easiest way to run gui tools that require root priv is to 
use gnomesu , which then will prompt you for the root PW in the gui and 
run the app without a su


Chet