Another reason to prefer a real root over sudo

[Chris G]

On Mon, Feb 02, 2009 at 05:45:09PM +0000, Chris Jones wrote:
> > Hi,
> 
> >
> >
> > The only sane ways to run something like synaptic in this situation
> > are (as I see it):-
> >
> >    Log out of X and log back in as the sudo privileged user.
> >
> >    Have a root account (in which case synaptic asks for the root
> >    password rather than the user's password).
> >
> >    Do the work on the command line in a terminal (but then it's not
> >    synaptic).
> 
> 
> You shouldn't have to log out the original user ? Just 'Switch  
> User' (or whatever it is called) and start a second X session  as the  
> privileged user. When you are done log out and let the original user  
> switch back... With all the applications still running just as they  
> left them.
> 
Aha, yes, I hadn't realised that "switch user" leaves the original
session to go back to.  Excellent, just what I need, thanks.

-- 
Chris Green