gnome-sudo rpm for Fedora 9?

[Frank Murphy]

Am installing F9 on my 16yearolds PC,
he's finally had enough of XP.

Am going to go with sudo for him.

Have heard of gnome sudo, but can
only seem to find it in deb flavour.
http://tinyurl.com/66qhpz (google)

Anyone know of an rpm?

Frank

[Frank Murphy]

On Thu, 2008-07-03 at 08:22 -0400, Mike Burger wrote:
>  > Am installing F9 on my 16yearolds PC,
>  > he's finally had enough of XP.
>  >
>  > Am going to go with sudo for him.
>  >
>  > Have heard of gnome sudo, but can
>  > only seem to find it in deb flavour.
>  > http://tinyurl.com/66qhpz (google)
>  >
>  > Anyone know of an rpm?
>  
>  Admittedly, I'm not a Gnome user, but I've never heard of a Gnome specific
>  sudo.
>  
>  Is there a problem with just using "sudo" from a command prompt?
>   
Yeah, it's gotta be gui for him


Frank

[Mike Burger]

>  On Thu, 2008-07-03 at 08:22 -0400, Mike Burger wrote:
> > > Am installing F9 on my 16yearolds PC,
> > > he's finally had enough of XP.
> > >
> > > Am going to go with sudo for him.
> > >
> > > Have heard of gnome sudo, but can
> > > only seem to find it in deb flavour.
> > > http://tinyurl.com/66qhpz (google)
> > >
> > > Anyone know of an rpm?
> >
> > Admittedly, I'm not a Gnome user, but I've never heard of a Gnome
> > specific
> > sudo.
> >
> > Is there a problem with just using "sudo" from a command prompt?
> >
>
>  Yeah, it's gotta be gui for him 
Fair enough.

I did find a link, on Google, to a source code download:

http://apt.freespire.org/pool-src/g/gnome-sudo/

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[Frank Murphy]

On Thu, 2008-07-03 at 09:54 -0400, Mike Burger wrote:

>  Maybe you could give that a try, downloading the gnome-sudo .deb
> package,
>  and convert it for use under Fedora?
>  
>  -- 
>  Mike Burger 
Thanks for that,
cam across this similar situation:
http://fedoraforum.org/forum/archive/index.php/t-139634.html

If I do something similar for say PackageKit, so he can update the box
without intervention. It may suffice?

Maybe display also.

Frank

[Mike Burger]

>  On Thu, 2008-07-03 at 22:52 +0930, Tim wrote:
> > On Thu, 2008-07-03 at 08:22 -0400, Mike Burger wrote:
> > > Is there a problem with just using "sudo" from a command prompt?
> >
> > I'm not sure I see the point, either.  If you try to run configuration
> > GUI gadgets that require the root password, you're prompted to type it
> > in graphically.  Command line usage isn't required.
>
>  Basically trying to avoid giving him too much to think about to begin
>  with.
>
>  it is an attempt (with me) to avoid him having to use the cli.
>
>
> >
> > If you're hoping to not let them know the root password, and use their
> > own password with sudo, it's dead easy for the user of a computer to get
> > past that little hurdle.
> >
>
>  Not for him, he can browse the web, do an open write, launch a game.
>  that's about it, after that he gets flustered.
>  Hates reading with a vengeance, so man this, this --help, is a
>  non-runner.
>
>  If there a way to keep him gui I'm all eyes. 
I've been reading some articles from LinuxToday, and ran into this comment
to a particular article.  It references Alien, which can, apparently,
convert from .deb, .pkg and .rpm packages to the package format for your
preferred distribution.

Maybe you could give that a try, downloading the gnome-sudo .deb package,
and convert it for use under Fedora?

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[Tim]

On Thu, 2008-07-03 at 08:22 -0400, Mike Burger wrote:
>  Is there a problem with just using "sudo" from a command
> prompt? 
I'm not sure I see the point, either.  If you try to run configuration
GUI gadgets that require the root password, you're prompted to type it
in graphically.  Command line usage isn't required.

If you're hoping to not let them know the root password, and use their
own password with sudo, it's dead easy for the user of a computer to get
past that little hurdle.

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[Frank Murphy]

On Thu, 2008-07-03 at 22:52 +0930, Tim wrote:
>  On Thu, 2008-07-03 at 08:22 -0400, Mike Burger wrote:
>  > Is there a problem with just using "sudo" from a command prompt?
>  
>  I'm not sure I see the point, either.  If you try to run configuration
>  GUI gadgets that require the root password, you're prompted to type it
>  in graphically.  Command line usage isn't required. 
Basically trying to avoid giving him too much to think about to begin
with. 

it is an attempt (with me) to avoid him having to use the cli.


>  
>  If you're hoping to not let them know the root password, and use their
>  own password with sudo, it's dead easy for the user of a computer to get
>  past that little hurdle.
>   
Not for him, he can browse the web, do an open write, launch a game.
that's about it, after that he gets flustered.
Hates reading with a vengeance, so man this, this --help, is a
non-runner.

If there a way to keep him gui I'm all eyes.

Frank

[Mike Burger]

>  Am installing F9 on my 16yearolds PC,
>  he's finally had enough of XP.
>
>  Am going to go with sudo for him.
>
>  Have heard of gnome sudo, but can
>  only seem to find it in deb flavour.
>  http://tinyurl.com/66qhpz (google)
>
>  Anyone know of an rpm? 
Admittedly, I'm not a Gnome user, but I've never heard of a Gnome specific
sudo.

Is there a problem with just using "sudo" from a command prompt?

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