On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 10:26 AM, D&R <dwoody5654(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, 27 Apr 2018 08:22:12 -0400
Tom H <tomh0665(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 5:03 AM, Bob Marcan <bob.marcan(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, 26 Apr 2018 13:09:43 -0700 Samuel Sieb <samuel(a)sieb.net> wrote:
>>> On 04/26/2018 01:03 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
>>>> On 04/26/2018 12:54 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm curious what you find you need to use a root login for.
>>>>
>>>> If I need to do more than one or two things as root, it's easier to
>>>> become root rather than type sudo over and over.
>>>
>>> That's what "sudo -i" is for.
>>
>> Or "sudo bash"
>
> Sure, or
>
> sudo -s
> sudo su
> sudo su -l
> sudo sh
> sudo sh -l
> sudo bash -l
> ...
None of the sudo commands listed allow you to run a graphical program
ie. meld. Is there some way to do that?
AFAIK, this thread isn't about running a gui app as root (which is
done via polkit not sudo).