Running gsettings as root

Dave Howorth dhoworth at mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Wed Aug 17 13:24:55 UTC 2016


On 2016-08-17 14:11, Karl Auer wrote:
> On Wed, 2016-08-17 at 13:22 +0200, Josef Wolf wrote:
>> On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 08:59:13PM +1000, Karl Auer wrote:
>>> On Wed, 2016-08-17 at 12:41 +0200, Josef Wolf wrote:
>> I know. And myself thinks, you mis-understand ;-)
>
> Why did you not explain the dbus constraints in your first email?

The dbus constraint was pretty self-evident right there in the middle of 
the first email. It was certainly clear to me what the issue was. I just 
didn't know the answer.

> Your first email *appeared* to be all about getting commands working as
> root without sudo or a user to run it. I gave you several ways to do
> that.
>
> In fact, your question was all about dbus.
>
> Not giving a complete picture, then correcting us when we get the
> answers "wrong", is very annoying.

The picture was right there in front of you, had you recognized it, so I 
don't think Josef has anything to apologize for. Neither is there any 
reason for you to get upset.

Just chill out. :)
Cheers, Dave

> Regards, K.
>




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