Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 23:03:37 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: knowtree@aloha.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gnome administrative interface Message-ID: <1096427016.61450.27.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <200409290052.i8T0qSh06881@yoda.pixi.com> References: <200409290052.i8T0qSh06881@yoda.pixi.com>
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--=-hDpUVLa82nkMc6J8m4s6 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 2004-09-28 at 10:52, knowtree@aloha.com wrote: > I am looking for ways to smooth out administrative tasks under Gnome.=20 >=20 > Is there a way to configure applications or menu launchers so that when a= n > application requires administrative rights it will prompt, in a nice dial= og > box, for the administrator password? For example, on my system, > Applications / System Tools / Login Screen Setup produces an error dialog > "You must be the super user (root) to configure GDM." But I don't want to > log on as root, and I don't want to require people to open a terminal > window and fool around with su and sudo to make it happen. I want it as > smooth as it is in OS X. Has anyone done this? The application really has to have support for this (like the gnome-system-tools do). However, you could probably wrap "misbehaving" applications in sysutils/gnomesu to handle this for time being. Of course, gnomesu is just a su frontend, and not a sudo frontend (like MacOS X). >=20 > Is there a nice, Gnome-like GUI tool for managing users, groups, printers= , > and network shares? I know about SWAT and WebMin, but what I seek is the > Gnome family equivalent.=20 sysutils/gnomesystemtools. They are not a complete set, but they do offer some of the functionality you seek. Joe >=20 > Gary Dunn > Honolulu >=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-hDpUVLa82nkMc6J8m4s6 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBBWiYIb2iPiv4Uz4cRAiMHAKCbkbSb1DX8g2cCYhDHdpbcr6F+6ACglAVI MT+ASWFPBxHKwPwhlptpqhg= =MCOp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-hDpUVLa82nkMc6J8m4s6--
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