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ihtruelsen
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 Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 9:58 pm Post subject: wlassistant and sudo |
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I am trying to use wlassistant to choose from the aps in my area, however, I am having a problem.
When I try to just run it, it says that I don't have the proper permission and it only displays the ap that it is currently connected to. It suggests running it as sudo. I have sudo set up so that this user (me) can use sudo to do anything that root can do without a password. Insecure, but it works for me. Anyway, when I try to run it as sudo, I get this:
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ian@mercury ~ $ sudo wlassistant
wlassistant: cannot connect to X server
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The only way that I can get it to work is to su in with password and then run it from the root prompt. I would prefer to be able to run this as sudo so that I can set it up to run without launching a terminal and su'ing in.
Anyone been able to do this? Any ideas on how I can get this to run, either as the user or by sudo? |
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kostja
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| Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 2:32 pm Post subject: |
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*push*
Have the same problem here.
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Sleipnir
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| Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 3:01 pm Post subject: |
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Have you started your X server? If yes, then try to run
to grant access to your X server for everyone.
If this works, you can refine the access setting. (see xhost man-page for details)
Hope this helps!?
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ihtruelsen
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| Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 5:26 am Post subject: |
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| Didn't work for me. I still get the same message. |
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kostja
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| Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:40 pm Post subject: |
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Hi!
Add the second after the first line to your sudoers file using visudo:
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# Defaults:%users env_keep=TZ
Defaults:kostja env_keep=DISPLAY
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mfG Konstantin
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ihtruelsen
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| Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 10:43 pm Post subject: |
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| That did it. Thanks. |
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I've got the same problem here... I can't open a display the only way that I can get it to work is to su in with password and then run it from the root prompt, too.
Here is my /etc/sudoers:
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#
# This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root.
#
# See the sudoers man page for the details on how to write a sudoers file.
#
# Host alias specification
# User alias specification
# Cmnd alias specification
# Defaults specification
# Reset environment by default
# Defaults: env_reset
# Uncomment to allow people in group wheel to export variables
# Defaults: %users !env_reset
# Allow people in group users to export specific variables
# Defaults:%users env_keep=TZ
Defaults:jonny env_keep=DISPLAY
# Runas alias specification
# *** REMEMBER ***************************************************
# * GIVING SUDO ACCESS TO USERS ALLOWS THEM TO RUN THE SPECIFIED *
# * COMMANDS WITH ELEVATED PRIVILEGES. *
# * *
# * ONLY PERMIT SUDO ACCESS SPARINGLY, AND NEVER ALLOW ACCESS TO *
# * UNTRUSTED USERS. *
# ****************************************************************
# User privilege specification
root ALL=(ALL) ALL
# Uncomment to allow people in group wheel to run all commands
# %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL
# Same thing without a password
# %wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
# Samples
# %users ALL=/sbin/mount /cdrom,/sbin/umount /cdrom
# %users localhost=/sbin/shutdown -h now
jonny ALL= NOPASSWD: /usr/libexec/xfsm-shutdown-helper
jonny ALL= NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/panel.sh
jonny ALL= NOPASSWD: /sbin/poweroff
jonny ALL= NOPASSWD: /bin/su
Defaults:jonny !syslog
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My goal is that the user jonny is allowed to do 'sudo su -' in a shell and launch any program (using X) with rootpriviliges from that shell.
I hope someone can help me 
Greetings from Germany,
Jonny
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