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Altairseven
Asked: 2011-11-12 10:05:48 +0800 CST

gksudo with cool GNOME Shell integration

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What's the command for executing this "gksudo" (or whatever it is) window from Alt+F2?

cool gksudo

gnome

2 Answers

  1. That cool window in GNOME Shell is only displayed for applications that use PolicyKit. For example, to trigger this window for Synaptic, run this in a terminal:

    pkexec synaptic

    You can't use pkexec for all applications but only for those that have a pkexec policy file under /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/.

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  2. For this you can use the command gksu-polkit. It largely behaves the same as gksudo, but taps into the policykit framework. To use it install the package 'gksu-polkit'.

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