newbie user/root dycotomy

[Ari Torhamo]

la, 2005-01-22 kello 16:38 +1100, Russell Cook kirjoitti:
> Hi Ari,
> I do this now for those tasks that I need a file manager for and need
> root acces. I have a panel icon for a sudo Nautilus. Properties are
> Command "gksudo nautilus"
> 
> It works for me. I use a different icon so I dont' mix it up with my
> user mode Nautilus and have had no trouble with it (other than
> Nautilus' frequent crashes in any mode!) A nice tool, but not as
> stable as I'd like.
> 
> Kind Regards Russ


Hi Russ,

Now I have a gksudo nautilus -icon too. I always tought that using sudo
Nautilus is somehow more dangerous than sudoing in terminal. People
talked about it with such a warning tone. BTW, do you have a special
icon for gksudo nautilus. It would be nice to have one - maybe the
normal Nautilus icon with somethin added to it - a scull? :-)

I wanted to understand gksudo better and search for info in all possible
places, but couldn't find anything really helpfull until I somewere saw
the word gksu and realized that gksu - not gksudo - is the actual thing
and it works with su and sudo. I understand now that Linux is a huge
jungle and the only way to learn to live there is to start from the root
level... what? What!

Thanks for your help :-)

Ari