On Thu, January 22, 2015 22:23, Always Learning wrote:

Surely Linux users change to Root to do system work, rather than attempt to make Root changes in the middle of doing ordinary GUI tasks whilst logged-in as a normal user ?

I logon with my normal user id and run a development desktop. Then I open terminal sessions and su -l into root as I need to. However, if you need to use a GUI tool with root privileges running from a standard user desktop then you have to provide the root password. This has been the case for as long as I can recall whether it is package updating or running virt-manager.

However, this thread from 2009 might provide some guidance on getting around that. I have not followed it so it might be a dead end. But, the lead is free so 'youse pays yer monies and yer takes yer chances'.

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-desktop-list/2009-October/msg00053.ht...