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Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password

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On 05/14/2018 02:13 AM, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
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> On Sun, May 13, 2018 at 02:51:49PM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
>> On 05/13/2018 09:26 AM, bw wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, 13 May 2018, Richard Owlett wrote:
>>>
>>>> <snip>
>>>> The result I wish to achieve is to click on the icon for either GParted or
>>>> Synaptic *WITHOUT* being asked for a password (either root's or user's).
>>>>
>>>> I've found vague hints that adding a line to my local /etc/sudoers file
>>>> such as
>>>>    richard     ALL = /usr/sbin/gparted , /usr/sbin/synaptic
>>>> would accomplish my goal.
>>>> Is that correct?
>>>> <snip>
>>>
>>> I think that might work if clicking each icon actually runs those
>>> commands from each .desktop file.
>>
>> I believe it does:
>>    1. if logged in as root, entering "/use/sbin/gparted" runs.
>>    2. if *NOT* logged in as root, entering "/usr/sbin/gparted" asks
>> for password.
> 
> Yes, perhaps that's what sudo is for then (you'd have to run
> "sudo /usr/sbin/gparted" instead: make it more convenient by
> some wrapper [1]).
> 
> Of course the recommendation is still "don't do it", but the
> good thing is: it's just that, a recommendation. FWIW, I went
> through that phase and am back now to my "custom commands"
> asking for a password when doing something sudo-ish. It's a
> kind of "are you awake there, at the controls?"

That's what I want on all but one of my installs.

> which I've come to appreciate. But to each her own and all that :-)
> 
> Cheers
> 
> [1] There are many solutions to that: I have a /home/tomas/bin
> which I add to my PATH where I put all those little scripts
> which are too small or too unstable to go to /usr/local/bin.
> If I need a sudo in there, I just code it in. In my default
> setting, I then get asked for a password. By relaxing sudoers
> (e.g. with NOPASSWD: or !authenticate) you can fine tune that
> to skip the authentication at a very fine-grained level (by
> command, by user or by host (on which the command is running)).

That sounds promising. What should I be reading?

> 
> - -- tomas
>  

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Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-05-13 15:40 +0200
  Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password "tv.debian@googlemail.com" <tv.debian@googlemail.com> - 2018-05-13 16:20 +0200
    Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-05-13 21:50 +0200
      Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2018-05-14 10:00 +0200
        Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-05-14 10:50 +0200
        Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-05-14 15:10 +0200
          Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-05-15 02:50 +0200
            Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-05-15 13:30 +0200
              Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-05-15 14:50 +0200
                Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-05-15 16:10 +0200
              Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-05-15 19:00 +0200
                Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password Glenn English <ghe2001@gmail.com> - 2018-05-15 20:30 +0200
                Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2018-05-16 11:30 +0200
        Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password "John Crawley (johnraff)" <john@bunsenlabs.org> - 2018-05-15 07:50 +0200
          Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-05-15 15:30 +0200
            Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password John Crawley <john@bunsenlabs.org> - 2018-05-16 07:40 +0200
              Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-05-16 09:50 +0200
  Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-05-13 16:20 +0200
    Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-05-13 21:50 +0200
      Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-05-14 03:30 +0200
      Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2018-05-14 08:00 +0200
        Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-05-14 09:00 +0200
  Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password bw <bwtnguy@yahoo.com> - 2018-05-13 16:30 +0200
    Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-05-13 22:00 +0200
      Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password bw <bwtnguy@yahoo.com> - 2018-05-13 22:20 +0200
      Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-05-14 09:20 +0200
        Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-05-14 15:40 +0200
  Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-05-14 01:10 +0200

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