[ale] dialog box vanishing in Ubuntu

[Brian Pitts]

On 09/14/2010 03:11 PM, Ron Frazier wrote:
> Brian,
> 
> I did put an entry in the startup programs section.  They moved it, and it 
> now has its own position in the menu.  It's not under sessions any 
> more.  The dialog box is as menu / system / preferences / startup programs.
> 
> I put the following line, which I got from a web page somewhere.
> 
> su-to-root -X -c /usr/sbin/firestarter
> 
> The one you referred to is:
> 
> sudo firestarter --start-hidden
> 
> I wonder what the difference is and which one is preferred.

You can configure sudo to work without the password dialog box. See the
steps under 'Giving the user permission to launch Firestarter without
the root password' at http://www.fs-security.com/docs/faq.php#trayicon

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All the best,
Brian Pitts