Problem with Sudo and Panel Launcher

gmcle454

As a securtiy measure, my web-space provider requires me to use an ssl wraper to log-in to upload and administer my website. Currently I use TLSwrap--it works great when run fromthe terminal. I run it as sudo, and tell the program to listen on port 21.

daledude · n00b Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 52

I don't remember off hand where sudo and tlswrap are so use whereis to find out (i.e. whereis sudo). Then use the full paths. If that doesn't work then try su - instead of sudo otherwise you would have to play with environment vars.

example (paths are bound to be wrong!):
/bin/sudo /usr/bin/tlswrap -l 21

gmcle454 · Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2004 12:35 am Post subject:

daledude · n00b Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 52

/user/bin? Double check your paths.

Try running the commands with the full paths from the command line first before attempting to hide them in a launcher. If it works from the command line it will most likely work in a launcher.

sudo or su but not both. I.E.:
/usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/tlswrap -l 21
OR
/bin/su - "/usr/bin/tlswrap -l 21"

gmcle454 · Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2004 12:54 am Post subject:

daledude · n00b Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 52

Just to be clear, before moving on, paste the output of these:

whereis sudo
whereis tlswrap

gmcle454 · Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2004 3:51 am Post subject:

Sorry it took so long to get back to you.

gmcle454 · Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 3:20 am Post subject:

I kept tinkering arround with this and found that most of the variations work IF the launcher does not run the command in a terminal. For some reason, checking the "launch in terminal" box renders the launcher useless. Anyway, I can live without having another terminal open. Thanks for the help!
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