cant start gksu firefox

[Chris Coulson]

On Sat, 2010-04-03 at 19:35 +0200, Michael Kappes wrote:
> hello devels and readers,
> 
> i will start my firefox as "root" - but, it doesn't work
> 
> bash:
> 
> > user at laptop:~$ gksu firefox -d
> > /home/user/.themes/Red Humanity/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:101: Murrine configuration option "gradients" is no longer supported and will be ignored.
> > No ask_pass set, using default!
> > xauth: /tmp/libgksu-PDSBIE/.Xauthority
> > STARTUP_ID: gksu/firefox/2533-0-tuxtop_TIME8943795
> > cmd[0]: /usr/bin/sudo
> > cmd[1]: -H
> > cmd[2]: -S
> > cmd[3]: -p
> > cmd[4]: GNOME_SUDO_PASS
> > cmd[5]: -u
> > cmd[6]: root
> > cmd[7]: --
> > cmd[8]: firefox
> > buffer: --
> > brute force GNOME_SUDO_PASS ended...
> > No password prompt found; we'll assume we don't need a password.
> > xauth: /tmp/libgksu-PDSBIE/.Xauthority
> > xauth_env: /var/run/gdm/auth-for-user-LfDBUR/database
> > dir: /tmp/libgksu-PDSBIE
> > user at laptop:~$ 
> 
> Murrine Error = is OK ;)
> 
> at the fist start from the shell whit gksu - the passwd question comes.
> by the second start from shell i set the "-d"
> 
> what can i do thats my ff starts "as root" again. thx a lot.
> 
> Ahoi
> Michael
> 
I can't emphasise enough how bad an idea this is, and I'm not sure why
you'd feel the need to do that in the first place. In any case, this
really isn't the place to ask for ways to make your system less secure.

Regards
Chris
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