Re: [tlug] [Newbie] Becoming 'root' in Kubuntu: kdesu (or gtksudo) kate

[Scott Robbins <scottro@example.com>]

On Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 02:59:26PM -0400, jep200404 wrote:
> Scott Robbins wrote:
> 
> 
> > ... sudo Kate <filename>?
> 
> Perhaps kdesu kate <filename> instead. 
> 
> >>From https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo: 
> 
>    You should never use sudo to start graphical programs unless 
>    you know exactly what you are doing. You should use gksudo or 
>    kdesu to run such programs (e.g. ALT+F2 gksudo nautilus).
> 
> Jim

Ah, thank you Jim.  Not using either of those two desktops (nor Ubuntu
or its clones save for some playing around) I didn't know about that. 


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