[Gambas-user] Gambas app run as root

[Jussi Lahtinen]

I looked your example just for interest.
It doesn't seem to work with Ubuntu 10.04 64bit.

There are two issues, maybe something with my system...
This is first time I used "*su*" (normally I use sudo) on this computer, and
it doesn't work...
*su -c 'whoami'*
gives;
*su: Authentication failure*

However *sudo whoami* works correctly.
Because of that, I replaced *su -c 'ls /root'* with *sudo whoami*.

But there is another problem. Shell doesn't wait for input for *su* or *sudo
*.
Result is *sudo: 3 incorrect password attempts*, before even textbox
appears.

Tested with Gambas2 revision 3124.
Jussi



On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 15:22, Stefano Palmeri <rospolosco at ...152...> wrote:
> Il venerdì 1 ottobre 2010 21:27:39 IMP Technologies - Tajinder Singh ha
> scritto:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am new to Gambas but have done some projects in Visual Basic at college
>> time.
>>
>> It is a good feeling to know about Gambas which I can use to create
helpful
>> applications on Linux platforms.
>>
>> I have created a small basic interface for Fedora to change Plymouth
theme.
>> But as changing theme requires to run some commands as root, I would like
>> to ask for root password before starting the application.
>> Similarly whenever we run 'system-config-boot' or other software that
>> requires root privileges.
>>
>> Please help me with detailed guidance as how I can achieve the result.
>>
>>
>> Thanks & Regards,
>
> Hi.
>
> I've attached a little example. It's just an interface to su. You don't
> need kdesu or gksu. The code is real simple. It asks for root password
> to execute 'su -c ls /root'. Take a look.
>
> Bye,
>
> Stefano
>
>
>
>
>
>>
>> Tajinder Singh
>> MD & CEO
>> IMP Technologies
>> [Affordable :: Quality :: Satisfaction]
>> Mb. : +91-9814943801
>> Tel. : +91-161-2541944
>> E-mail : imp.tsingh at ...626...
>> Web : http://www.imptechs.com
>> V-Card : http://www.imptechs.com/misc/IMPTechnologies_V-Card.jpg
>>
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>--- Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances
>> and start using them to simplify application deployment and
>> accelerate your shift to cloud computing.
>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev
>> _______________________________________________
>> Gambas-user mailing list
>> Gambas-user at lists.sourceforge.net
>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user
>
>
>
>
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances
> and start using them to simplify application deployment and
> accelerate your shift to cloud computing.
> http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev
> _______________________________________________
> Gambas-user mailing list
> Gambas-user at lists.sourceforge.net
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user
>
>