sudo vs. gksu

[Karl Larsen]

Michael R. Head wrote:
> On Sat, 2008-04-05 at 15:28 +0200, Mario Vukelic wrote:
>   
>> On Sat, 2008-04-05 at 14:11 +0100, Tony Arnold wrote:
>>     
>>> Can you explain how this problem is avoided with gksu, or gksudo? So far
>>> as I can see using one of these causes the application to run with UID
>>> of 0, i.e., root. The app has no knowledge of how it was invoked, so any
>>> files is creates will be owned by root.
>>>
>>> Your explanation applies to running any app, not just graphical ones.
>>>       
>> http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/graphicalsudo 
>>     
>
> That page says that "sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list"  is a good idea.
> It isn't, and for the same reason graphical apps shouldn't be run
> through sudo -- nano will create/edit extra files in your home
> directory. In fact, there's a command called "sudoedit" which solves the
> problem.
>
>   
    I tried "sudoedit" and it brought up "joe" to edit a root file. I 
have joe set up as my default edit. So what comes up depends on what you 
set.


Karl


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