I found a (lengthy) guide to doing this but it is for gksu which is gone. I have to imagine there’s an easy way. I am running Ubuntu. There is no specific use case, it is just a feature I miss from windows.

  • Responsabilidade@lemmy.eco.br
    33·
    9 months ago

    I think you can run like this:

    $ pkexec env DISPLAY=$DISPLAY XAUTHORITY=$XAUTHORITY

    For example, if I wanna open kgx (a.k.a. Gnome Console), I would run:

    pkexec env DISPLAY=$DISPLAY XAUTHORITY=$XAUTHORITY kgx

    • bizdelnick@lemmy.ml
      82·
      9 months ago

      Don’t do this. I’m unsure if this works in any distro, but if it does, this is unsecure.

    • bizdelnick@lemmy.ml
      32·
      9 months ago

      Don’t do this. I’m unsure if this works in any distro, but if it does, this is unsecure.