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Description of problem: Kdesu is not working as root user. When i launch my applcation as the normal user by double clicking on it,some of its features of my application are not working,but the same application when i run using the terminal by 'sudo' or 'su' it works fine. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Fedora 14 and Fedora 15 How reproducible: Install Any Application by double cliking on it.Any try to open the website link at the time of AutoLaunch(When installation finished and application launch). And run the same Setup using terminal by 'su' or 'sudo' and do the same think open the website link. Observer the behaviour. Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: It is not opening the website at the time of AutoLauch. Expected results: It should open the Website at the time of AutoLauch. Additional info: I also tried to use kdesu with 'su' and 'sudo' in ~/.kde/share/conflig/kdesuc but still no progress.
kdesu works fine for me in my own limited testing. Can you give a concrete, specific example of what you've tried that doesn't work?
Also, do you get any "AVC" error messages from SELinux?
Hi, I am Sanket. I also face the same kind of problem in Fedora 14 - 15 I install my application by double clicking the setup. And after installation, I am spawning another application from the main application, which actually not getting started but an entry for that application shown in system monitor as zombie. But when I install my application using SU or SUDO from terminal, I am not facing any kind problem and child application get spawned correctly. Can you flash some light on this problem because this happens only in Fedora. In Ubuntu I am not getting any kind of problem whether I install my application using double click it or using SU from terminal. Thanks in advance, Sanket
Hi Kevin,no i am not getting any "AVC" message form SELinux. @Rex,actually i am not able to find out any software which is run by simply double click on it by today.If you have any software which can be run by double click and ask for the root password at the time of installation and autolaunch the application , at that time see the behavior which i specified over here.And if possible if i found any software which can be run by simply double click i ll post it over here soon. But the basic thing is that my software run perfectly using 'su ' and 'sudo' command from terminal but when kdesu refer 'su' or 'sudo' its not work well. Any help....
OK, not sure what we can do without a reproducible test case. All apps I've tried: kdesu <app> work fine for me. <app> I tried, includes: konsole, konqueror , gwenview, xterm, firefox
Also, how do you "double-click on the application"? kdesu does NOT run if you run the binary directly. kdesu runs only if you either: a) run the application from the menu (Kickoff or classic), which takes only a single click, if and only if the .desktop file shipped by the application is configured to run the application as root (or some other preset user) or: b) run "kdesu applicationname" explicitly. If you double-click on the executable in some file manager, it will be run directly, NOT under kdesu.
Thanks Rex and Kevin for your response. @Rex : i ll try to provide you an test application as soon as possible. @Kevin : http://linux.die.net/man/1/kdesu here is the link about the kdesu. And when i run my TestApplication kdesu runs which i can see ever in the system Monitor also. As such when you run any software by double click and if it ask for the root password its pass under the kdesu which by default point to 'su' in fedora which we can change to 'sudo' or 'su' see this link ...http://www.freetechie.com/blog/default-kdesu-to-use-sudo-and-not-su/
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