[ Date Index ] [ Thread Index ] [ <= Previous by date / thread ] [ Next by date / thread => ]
Neil, I am far from being an expert but... On 14/06/2013 09:04, Neil Winchurst wrote:
I thought I would have a look at Debian so I have installed v 7 Xfce in VBox. Since I normally use Ubuntu based distros I expected the installation to be similar. However I was asked to provide a root password and separately to set up a 'normal' user. Strange.Anyway, I have been looking at it and I am well impressed so far. But, there is always a but, I cannot work out how to run a gui program as root. Normally for example, to run gedit as root I would enter gksudo gedit. I would be asked for the password and away we go.Gksudo is not recognised in Debian. Also, in a terminal, I can't seem to use sudo.
You need to add yourself to the sudo group so this is what I do: Open the root terminal, then command 'adduser neil sudo' close root terminal The user neil then needs to log out and in againnow you can enter commands such as 'sudo gedit' , the sudo command will ask for the root password of course
Hope that helps, Chris
Any experts out there please, who can set me on the right track? Thanks Neil
-- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq