On Thu, 2014-05-01 at 22:23 +0000, updates@fedoraproject.org wrote:
UNetbootin allows you to create bootable Live USB drives for a variety of Linux distributions from Windows or Linux, without requiring you to burn a CD. You can either let it download one of the many distributions supported out-of-the-box for you, or supply your own Linux .iso file if you've already downloaded one or your preferred distribution isn't on the list.
I thought I'd give this a try, and ran it from the menu, since it was listed there, only to get this warning message:
UNetbootin must be run as root. Close it, and re-run using either: sudo /usr/bin/unetbootin or: su - -c '/usr/bin/unetbootin'
Then it appears to run, if I close the warning. I haven't actually tested, yet, whether it manages to run successfully. But a few things spring to mind:
If it really *requires* to be run as root, why is it in a menu where it cannot? We don't have a "run as" (someone else) option like Windows has. Well, at least the mate desktop does not.
Why doesn't the menu call it in a way where appropriate permissions are requested as you call it? Other things that need it, such as various system configurators, get you to type in your password, or the root password, before the thing continues on.
If it has to be run from the command line, why's there a menu entry?
Have I missed something? (Before I go through the tortures of trying to make a bugzilla report.)
On 05/01/2014 11:22 PM, Tim wrote:
On Thu, 2014-05-01 at 22:23 +0000, updates@fedoraproject.org wrote:
UNetbootin allows you to create bootable Live USB drives for a variety of Linux distributions from Windows or Linux, without requiring you to burn a CD. You can either let it download one of the many distributions supported out-of-the-box for you, or supply your own Linux .iso file if you've already downloaded one or your preferred distribution isn't on the list.
I thought I'd give this a try, and ran it from the menu, since it was listed there, only to get this warning message:
UNetbootin must be run as root. Close it, and re-run using either: sudo /usr/bin/unetbootin or: su - -c '/usr/bin/unetbootin'
Then it appears to run, if I close the warning. I haven't actually tested, yet, whether it manages to run successfully. But a few things spring to mind:
If it really *requires* to be run as root, why is it in a menu where it cannot? We don't have a "run as" (someone else) option like Windows has. Well, at least the mate desktop does not.
Why doesn't the menu call it in a way where appropriate permissions are requested as you call it? Other things that need it, such as various system configurators, get you to type in your password, or the root password, before the thing continues on.
If it has to be run from the command line, why's there a menu entry?
Have I missed something? (Before I go through the tortures of trying to make a bugzilla report.)
the run as root - KDE su box says " Command: /usr/bin/unetbootin rootcheck=no"
so if it says rootcheck=no, why is it requesting root password??
On 02/05/14 11:19, Paul Cartwright wrote:
On 05/01/2014 11:22 PM, Tim wrote:
On Thu, 2014-05-01 at 22:23 +0000, updates@fedoraproject.org wrote:
UNetbootin allows you to create bootable Live USB drives for a variety of Linux distributions from Windows or Linux, without requiring you to burn a CD. You can either let it download one of the many distributions supported out-of-the-box for you, or supply your own Linux .iso file if you've already downloaded one or your preferred distribution isn't on the list.
I thought I'd give this a try, and ran it from the menu, since it was listed there, only to get this warning message:
UNetbootin must be run as root. Close it, and re-run using either: sudo /usr/bin/unetbootin or: su - -c '/usr/bin/unetbootin'
Then it appears to run, if I close the warning. I haven't actually tested, yet, whether it manages to run successfully. But a few things spring to mind:
If it really *requires* to be run as root, why is it in a menu where it cannot? We don't have a "run as" (someone else) option like Windows has. Well, at least the mate desktop does not.
Why doesn't the menu call it in a way where appropriate permissions are requested as you call it? Other things that need it, such as various system configurators, get you to type in your password, or the root password, before the thing continues on.
If it has to be run from the command line, why's there a menu entry?
Have I missed something? (Before I go through the tortures of trying to make a bugzilla report.)
the run as root - KDE su box says " Command: /usr/bin/unetbootin rootcheck=no"
so if it says rootcheck=no, why is it requesting root password??
Because it won't issue that command until you have responded to the prompt?
On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 3:49 PM, Paul Cartwright pbcartwright@gmail.com wrote:
On 05/01/2014 11:22 PM, Tim wrote:
On Thu, 2014-05-01 at 22:23 +0000, updates@fedoraproject.org wrote:
UNetbootin allows you to create bootable Live USB drives for a variety of Linux distributions from Windows or Linux, without requiring you to burn a CD. You can either let it download one of the many distributions supported out-of-the-box for you, or supply your own Linux .iso file if you've already downloaded one or your preferred distribution isn't on the list.
I thought I'd give this a try, and ran it from the menu, since it was listed there, only to get this warning message:
UNetbootin must be run as root. Close it, and re-run using either: sudo /usr/bin/unetbootin or: su - -c '/usr/bin/unetbootin'
Then it appears to run, if I close the warning. I haven't actually tested, yet, whether it manages to run successfully. But a few things spring to mind:
If it really *requires* to be run as root, why is it in a menu where it cannot? We don't have a "run as" (someone else) option like Windows has. Well, at least the mate desktop does not.
Why doesn't the menu call it in a way where appropriate permissions are requested as you call it? Other things that need it, such as various system configurators, get you to type in your password, or the root password, before the thing continues on.
If it has to be run from the command line, why's there a menu entry?
Have I missed something? (Before I go through the tortures of trying to make a bugzilla report.)
the run as root - KDE su box says " Command: /usr/bin/unetbootin rootcheck=no"
so if it says rootcheck=no, why is it requesting root password??
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You have two option either ignore or enter password. If you ignore it will give you access to the unetbootin but not allow you to write or format the disk, which is obvious, and on the other hand if you do enter root password it gets access to your flash drive.
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