[QCLUG] Root functions in Ubuntu

[Nick Miller]

Most of the time, the application will have a button located near the 
bottom of the window that says "Administrator Mode" that will allow you 
to perform specific root tasks within that application. This is usually 
true of file browsers. But, now that I think about it, that feature may 
only be part of KDE applications.

You could also run sudo with the name of the program, even if its GUI 
based. For instance, "sudo gedit" would allow you to open gedit and have 
root privileges for saving and what not.

Nick

> On Apr 28, 2008, at 3:16 PM, Robert Jones wrote:
>
>> I understand that Ubuntu / Kubuntu doesn't want you to log in as 
>> "Root". Sometimes I have a need to do things that require "Root" or 
>> "Administrator". An example is, in Kubuntu, I want to change my 
>> "image" at "System Settings > User Information > Password & User 
>> Account > Click To Change Your Image".  Sometimes I can change the 
>> image and sometimes I get the message "Your administrator has 
>> disallowed changing your image."
>>
>> My question is; If I want to do something using a GUI that requires 
>> Administrator access, how do I do it? In this particular case I can't 
>> even change my image from a Root log in since it would change the 
>> image for the Root user. Is there some way to force Kubuntu to allow 
>> me to do things it requires the administrator permission to do?
>>
>> Thanks for the help.
>> Bob Jones
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