Gnome Warning

[Justin Bennett]

I don't know why I didn't think of that, must have had the brain on
low...


On Sun, 2002-07-14 at 18:03, John R. Ghidiu wrote:
> If all you need is to not enter a password, look into sudo. its a real
> nice program that allows you to specify which users can run which
> programs as root. you can allow su -c to be run as root (from your
> user), and not ask for a password. I find sudo to be very helpful for a
> variety of tasks...
> 
> John
> 
> On Sat, 2002-07-13 at 11:39, Justin Bennett wrote:
> > I am running XMMS because of the feautres, playlists, streaming media,
> > and the IRman plugin. I haven't found a command based one with all the
> > above. Tried doing su -c but It asks for a password which would needs
> > human input. I'm trying to get it to start xmms as root at bootup
> > basically. The only was I was able to do this (kinda hokey) was to
> > create an expect script which ssh's to 127.0.0.1 as root and runs xmms
> > and displays it on the xconsole. Told you it was hokey. But doing su -c
> > I need password input which is what I'm trying to avoid.
> >  
> > On Fri, 2002-07-12 at 16:49, Gregory J. Neumann wrote:
> > > Could you script in a command line mp3 player before the X session starts and avoid 
> > > the problem altogether?  
> > > Is there a compelling reason to have this machine that does not appear to be used by 
> > > a human being run a GUI at all?  
> > > Or am I missing something here?
> > > 
> > > -Greg Neumann
> > > 
> > > > Ok this has probably been asked and answered. Running gnome as root is
> > > > there a way to remove the error message that your running as root? Other
> > > > than recompilation :). I have a little laptop running as a mp3 player.
> > > > For some very odd reason when autologin runs the serial port is owned as
> > > > root, and my IRMAN IR reciver (for the remote) uses the serial. SO if I
> > > > want to autologin so it runs XMMS at bootup, and also have access to the
> > > > Serial port, I need to autologin as root, but then I get the message. 
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks
> > > > Justin
> > > >   
> > > > -- 
> > > > -------------------------------------------
> > > > Justin Bennett
> > > > Red Hat (Linux) Certified Engineer
> > > > Network Administrator
> > > > Dynabrade Inc.
> > > > 8989 Sheridan Dr
> > > > Clarence, NY 14031
> > > > 716-631-0100 ext 215
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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> > Justin Bennett
> > Red Hat (Linux) Certified Engineer
> > Network Administrator
> > Dynabrade Inc.
> > 8989 Sheridan Dr
> > Clarence, NY 14031
> > 716-631-0100 ext 215
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Justin Bennett
Red Hat (Linux) Certified Engineer
Network Administrator
Dynabrade Inc.
8989 Sheridan Dr
Clarence, NY 14031
716-631-0100 ext 215