How to have root privilege when I use GUI?

Asked Nov 05 '19 at 05:28

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When I operate at terminal, if I do something when needs root privilege, I need to prefix my command using 'sudo' and I may be prompted to enter password of root. If I feel it too inconvenient to prefix 'sudo' each time, I can even change myself to root by 'su' command. But when I operate in GUI mode, how can I do in both cases?

asked Nov 05 '19 at 05:28

Stan Huang at Taiwan

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What are you actually trying to achieve? Why do you always need to run GUI applications as root? – pomsky Nov 05 '19 at 08:30
Take an example, file managing is much easier to be done in GUI than in CLI. – Stan Huang at Taiwan Nov 05 '19 at 08:46
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But why do you need to run it as root always, even when dealing with local user's files? Incorrectly running GUI applications with sudo may lead to disastrous consequences. Are you looking for how to enable root login (again, highly not recommended)? – pomsky Nov 05 '19 at 09:07
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It is risky to work with superuser privileges all the time. It is a good idea to use it only when absolutely necessary (use sudo with text mode applications and sudo -H or pkexec or some other method with GUI applications). See also this link – sudodus Nov 05 '19 at 09:09
It is explained here. Very simple steps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOVKjQGkrac I tried it. It works. – MVD Dec 16 '22 at 23:56

How to have root privilege when I use GUI?

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