Does it make a difference if you use sudo or gksudo?

[billgoldberg]

Or
gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list Probably makes no difference in this particular case, but it's a good idea to associate gksudo with graphical apps and sudo with terminal apps.

It doesn't make a difference, I use sudo for everything and it always works.

[aysiu]

It doesn't make a difference, I use sudo for everything and it always works.
I'm sure you also are able to cross the street without looking both ways and you somehow manage not to get hit by a car. Doesn't mean I'd recommend it.

gksudo and sudo work differently. Yes, if you use sudo for only Nautilus and Gedit, you probably won't experience any problems, but as I said before, it's a good habit to get into and reinforce for new users to use gksudo for graphical applications and sudo for terminal applications, because sometimes it does matter.

Read more here:
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/graphicalsudo

[billgoldberg]

I'm sure you also are able to cross the street without looking both ways and you somehow manage not to get hit by a car. Doesn't mean I'd recommend it.

gksudo and sudo work differently. Yes, if you use sudo for only Nautilus and Gedit, you probably won't experience any problems, but as I said before, it's a good habit to get into and reinforce for new users to use gksudo for graphical applications and sudo for terminal applications, because sometimes it does matter.

Read more here:
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/graphicalsudo

The only reason I prefer sudo to gksudo is because it's easier to type.

After reading about it on your site, I'll try to make a habit out of it.

[LaRoza]

The only reason I prefer sudo to gksudo is because it's easier to type.

After reading about it on your site, I'll try to make a habit out of it.

Make an alias for gksudo then, maybe "gsu" or something.

Add to .bashrc:



alias gsu="gksudo"

[billgoldberg]

Make an alias for gksudo then, maybe "gsu" or something.

Add to .bashrc:



alias gsu="gksudo"


That would just complicate things :p

[23meg]

gksu functions the same way as gksudo in Ubuntu by default; you may want to use it.

[mrsudo]

gksu functions the same way as gksudo in Ubuntu.

i definately did not know that. thanks !!

[aysiu]

I believe
gksudo may, in fact, just be a symlink to
gksu Can anyone confirm this?

[jpkotta]

I believe
gksudo may, in fact, just be a symlink to
gksu Can anyone confirm this?


[jpkotta@gauss w](0)$ readlink -f $(which gksudo)
/usr/bin/gksu


I didn't really know the difference until now. gksudo, being a symlink to gksu, works just like su. Most of the time I like the fact that sudo uses my config files though.

[p_quarles]

I believe
gksudo may, in fact, just be a symlink to
gksu Can anyone confirm this?
Yes:

lee@Rimbaud:~$ ls /usr/bin/gk* -l
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 24696 2007-11-23 04:46 /usr/bin/gksu*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 2008-02-26 22:52 /usr/bin/gksudo -> gksu*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 11240 2007-12-31 14:42 /usr/bin/gksu-properties*
Except, well, it's apparently the other way around.

EDIT: The above is on Debian Testing. It should be the same in Ubuntu, but the same command certainly be used to confirm/deny this.

[FuturePilot]

Pretty much the same

nick@GutsyGibbon:~$ ls /usr/bin/gk* -l
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 2007-12-09 12:06 /usr/bin/gkeytool -> gkeytool-4.2
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3212 2007-09-29 20:34 /usr/bin/gkeytool-4.2
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 23080 2007-09-12 18:21 /usr/bin/gksu
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 2007-12-09 12:06 /usr/bin/gksudo -> gksu
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8748 2007-09-14 06:26 /usr/bin/gksu-properties

[p_quarles]

Exactly the same, actually. I just deleted the gkeytool lines for easy reading.

So, yes, gksudo is simply a symlink pointing to gksu.

[Gina]

Very useful :) I can save typing two chars by using gksu instead of gksudo. So anyone using sudo because gksudo takes more typing can use gksu and "do it right" :)