On Sunday 25 September 2011 15:03:44 David Hare wrote:
> On 25/09/11 14:53, Lisi wrote:
> > On Sunday 25 September 2011 13:52:28 Mag. Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote:
> >> If i remember right, kdesu is from KDE4, not trinity. Trinity comes with
> >> kdesudo.
> >
> > No, you do not remember right.  KDE 3 has kdesu.  KDE 4 may also have it,
> > I don't know.  But since KDE 3 has it, it seems not unreasonable to hope
> > to find it in Trinity.  And it is incorrect to say that Trinity has
> > kdesudo.  It may have some software installed, but it doesn't function. 
> > I have just rechecked that. As I said in the first place, I would have to
> > set sudo up to use it, and I don't want to do so.
> >
> > Anyhow, if you don't know a workaround, that's fine.  But someone else
> > may. Asking whether anyone knows one is not an unreasonable request.
> >
> > The answer may well be no, and I shall be reduced to GNOME. :-(
> >
> > Lisi
>
> There is a kdesu bug in TDE for Debian (probably because it was built
> from Ubuntu sources; Ubuntu always uses sudo.). There is a workaround (I
> posted this before but it was some time back) which works consistently
> here. I don't use sudo at all.
>
> 1.	apt-get purge kdesudo-trinity
>
> 2.	Create a file ~/.trinity/share/config/kdesurc with this text:
>
> [super-user-command]
> super-user-command=su
>
> 3	You will need to edit the menus for all Trinity root apps else
> dcopserver will crash. In the "command" box put:
>
> kdesu trinity_app --nonewdcop
>
> And uncheck "Run as different user"
>
>
>  From then on you should be able to use normal kdesu (or gksu), I think
> I got that right. Let me know if you have any problems after, I might
> have the answer

Thanks, David.  That's great.  I'll try now.  

Yes, I knew that someone had, but I couldn't remember who and couldn't find 
it.

Lisi