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List:       kde-user
Subject:    Re: SU'ing without losing open apps
From:       Mad Pyrotechnologist <eric343 () 2alpha ! com>
Date:       2000-11-30 23:50:38
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NO! I want to get the equivalent as a log out/log in as $USER without terminating all
open apps. Hence the phrase 'the GUI version of su'! I simply want to be able to change
users with out closing the open applications! Is it SO INCREDIBLY COMPLEX and/or hard
to understand?!?

Andreas Pour wrote:

> Hi,
>
> That's not possible w/out rewriting the apps and introducing a host of security
> risks (as the only user who can change user IDs is root, you would have to
> start each app as root and then introduce a mechanism to switch userIDs based
> on some command).  On top of that you would have issues of what config files to
> use, what temp files to use, what sockets to use, etc.  Give it up :-).
>
> Ciao,
>
> Andreas
>
> Mad Pyrotechnologist wrote:
> >
> > This is a tinge frustrating.
> > I want to change users, keeping the currently open apps open, without restarting
> > those apps. IN OTHER WORDS, all currently open apps gain root (temporarily) or
> > the access of another user ($USER). I do not want to restart the desired
> > application(s). If that's too confusing, think of it this way: The GUI version of
> > su. (Change users without logging out.)
> >
> > Zeljko Vukman wrote:
> >
> > > On Wednesday 29 November 2000 01:01, Mad Pyrotechnologist wrote:
> > > > No. I mean in KDE, not in Konsole. I want to open GUI app without going to
> > > > konsole as $USER.
> > > >
> > >
> > > What do you mean by 'I want to open GUI app without going to konsole as
> > > $USER' ?
> > >
> > > You can open any application with root privileges if you, for example, right
> > > click on your desktop/kicker icons and choose Properties/Peferences > Execute
> > > and in Command field write: kdesu (application name). Next time you start
> > > desired application a popup window will appear and you have to write root
> > > password and that's it.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
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