Xfce: No Root Prompt When Trying To Load Yast Module

[EricC]

Hi Everyone,

I have just started playing with Xfce and it is pretty nice. The one problem I have encountered is that I do not get prompted for the for the root password when loading a yast module.

I have searched online (this forum and the web) but am not finding an answer.

I have found the xml file that has the menu structure

~/.cache/xfce4/desktop/menu-cache--etc-xdg-xfce4-desktop-menu.xml.xml

Inside it has entries like this one:

<app name="/etc/sysconfig Editor" cmd="/sbin/yast2 sysconfig" icon="yast-sysconfig" term="false" snotify="false" />

I have no clue to on how to tweak things.

Any help would be most appreciated

-Eric

[wipeout]

Hi there . Welcome to the forums !!


You could try a workaround :
Create a new launcher on the panel , name it as you wish, "Yast" for example , and use the following command for launching : gnomesu /sbin/yast2 .

This will bring up the prompt for entering root password and run Yast . Then you can acces any module you want from there .

Cheers .

[EricC]

Hi there . Welcome to the forums !!
You could try a workaround :
Create a new launcher on the panel , name it as you wish, "Yast" for example , and use the following command for launching : gnomesu /sbin/yast2 .

This will bring up the prompt for entering root password and run Yast . Then you can acces any module you want from there .

Cheers .
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Hi Wipeout,

Thanks for the welcome and the idea! Since the gnomesu worked on the command line, I decided to experiement I did a search and replace on the xml file with all the items that began with

cmd="/sbin...."

and replaced with

cmd="gnomesu /sbin..."

And now all the menu items that need root now prompt .

Only hitch I have encountered so far is if I install another piece of software, my modified xml file gets overwritten with the original.

Easy enough to fix with a script until I can sort out what all is going on when software is installed.

Thanks again!
-Eric