[Gtk-sharp-list] Root Access

[Michael Hutchinson]

On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 8:45 AM, Jonathan Pryor <jonpryor at vt.edu> wrote:
> On Sun, 2008-04-20 at 11:42 -0400, Darwin Reynoso wrote:
>
> >               pc.StartInfo.FileName = "/home/user/bin/usb_pickit";
>  >               pc.StartInfo.Arguments = "-e";
>  >
>
> > this is how i do it within  a console
>  > sudo /home/user/bin/usb_pickit -e any ideas please
>
>  One of these things is not like the other.  One uses sudo and one
>  doesn't. :-)
>
>  You might try changing your C# code to be:
>
>
>         pc.StartInfo.FileName = "/usr/bin/sudo";
>         pc.StartInfo.Arguments = "/home/user/bin/usb_pickit -e";
>
>   - Jon

Assuming it's a GUI app on a recent distro, try xdg-su instead of
sudo, as it'll launch a GUI prompt for the password.

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Michael Hutchinson
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