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Herix

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Registered: 2020-11-13

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How to launch "gnome-logs" as root from the Whisker menu ?

When I edit the entry with "alacarte" aka "Main Menu", the command is simply "gnome-logs". I works fine, except that, of course, it gives access only to the log of the current user, whereas I want to see the system logs.

(I am, of course, the sole user)

KBar

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Registered: 2021-11-05

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Re: How to launch "gnome-logs" as root from the Whisker menu ?

What's your distribution and its version? Can you post the output of the `groups` command?

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Skaperen

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Registered: 2013-06-15

Posts: 862

Re: How to launch "gnome-logs" as root from the Whisker menu ?

for any menu to do that either it needs to change to run via sudo, or run as root (the whole user being root, if Xfce allows that).  not a trivial choice.  do you really need to use Whisker for that?

KBar

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Re: How to launch "gnome-logs" as root from the Whisker menu ?

You don't need superuser privileges to access log files if you're on a Debian-based distribution. Have a read: https://wiki.debian.org/SystemGroups

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Herix

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Re: How to launch "gnome-logs" as root from the Whisker menu ?

[self answer]

Digging further I found a similar question and an approaching one, which prompted me to enquire what this polkit thing is about.

I was then able to weave my own org.gnome.logs (cf code infra).

Of course, I edited the menu entry to

pkexec gnome-logs

. Thinking of it, that was probably what I got upon installing gnome-logs. It did not work out of the box, as neither the package nor I were aware of those "policy".

It's all fine  … except that I now have the reverse issue : logs open all right albeit with the warning that "Unable to read user logs". Doesn't matter, worth it.

I still wonder though : is there really nothing simpler ?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE policyconfig PUBLIC "-//freedesktop//DTD PolicyKit Policy Configuration 1.0//EN"
 "http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/PolicyKit/1/policyconfig.dtd">
<policyconfig>

    <vendor>Debian GNOME Maintainers</vendor>
    <vendor_url>https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Logs</vendor_url>
    <icon_name>gnome-logs</icon_name>
    <action id="org.gnome.gnome-logs">

        <description>Run gnome-logs as root</description>
        <description xml:lang="ar">شغّل مُقسِّمج بصلاحية الجذر</description>
        <description xml:lang="be">Запусціць gnome-logs ад імя суперкарыстальніка</description>
        <description xml:lang="ca">Executa gnome-logs com a root</description>
        <description xml:lang="cs">Spouštět gnome-logs pod uživatelem root</description>
        <description xml:lang="da">Kør gnome-logs som root</description>
        <description xml:lang="de">gnome-logs als Root-Benutzer ausführen</description>
        <description xml:lang="el">Εκτέλεση gnome-logs ως root</description>
        <description xml:lang="en_GB">Run gnome-logs as root</description>
        <description xml:lang="eo">Ruli gnome-logs kiel root</description>
        <description xml:lang="es">Ejecutar gnome-logs como root</description>
        <description xml:lang="eu">Exekutatu gnome-logs 'root' gisa</description>
        <description xml:lang="fi">Suorita gnome-logs root-käyttäjänä</description>
        <description xml:lang="fr">Lancer gnome-logs en tant qu’utilisateur root</description>
        <description xml:lang="fur">Eseguìs gnome-logs come root</description>
        <description xml:lang="hr">Pokreni gnome-logs kao korijenskog korisnika</description>
        <description xml:lang="hu">gnome-logs futtatása rendszergazdaként</description>
        <description xml:lang="id">Jalankan gnome-logs sebagai root</description>
        <description xml:lang="is">Keyra gnome-logs sem kerfisstjóri/root</description>
        <description xml:lang="it">Esegui gnome-logs come root</description>
        <description xml:lang="kk">gnome-logs қолданбасын әкімші ретінде жөнелту</description>
        <description xml:lang="ko">루트 권한으로 gnome-logs 실행</description>
        <description xml:lang="lt">Vykdyti gnome-logs root teisėmis</description>
        <description xml:lang="lv">Palaist gnome-logs kā root</description>
        <description xml:lang="nl">gnome-logs uitvoeren als systeembeheerder (root)</description>
        <description xml:lang="pa">ਜੀਪਾਰਟਡ ਨੂੰ ਰੂਟ ਵਜੋਂ ਚਲਾਓ</description>
        <description xml:lang="pl">Uruchomienie programu gnome-logs jako administrator</description>
        <description xml:lang="pt_BR">Execute gnome-logs como root</description>
        <description xml:lang="ro">Rulează gnome-logs ca root</description>
        <description xml:lang="ru">Запустить gnome-logs с правами root</description>
        <description xml:lang="sk">Spustiť gnome-logs ako správca</description>
        <description xml:lang="sr">Покрените Гпартед као администратор</description>
        <description xml:lang="sr@latin">Pokrenite gnome-logs kao administrator</description>
        <description xml:lang="sv">Kör gnome-logs som root</description>
        <description xml:lang="tr">GPartedʼi kök olarak çalıştır</description>
        <description xml:lang="uk">Запуск gnome-logs від імені root</description>
        <description xml:lang="vi">Chạy gnome-logs với tư cách siêu quản trị</description>
        <description xml:lang="zh_CN">以 root 运行 gnome-logs</description>
        <description xml:lang="zh_TW">以 root 執行 gnome-logs</description>
        <message>Authentication is required to run the gnome-logs Partition Editor as root</message>
        <message xml:lang="ar">الاستيثاق مطلوب لتشغيل محرر الأقسام مُقسِّمج بصلاحية الجذر</message>
        <message xml:lang="be">Для запуску gnome-logs ад імя суперкарыстальніка патрабуецца аўтэнтыфікацыя</message>
        <message xml:lang="ca">Es requereix autenticació per a executar l'editor de particions gnome-logs com a root</message>
        <message xml:lang="cs">Ke spuštění editoru oddílů gnome-logs pod uživatelem root je vyžadováno ověření</message>
        <message xml:lang="da">Godkendelse er krævet for at køre partitioneringsprogrammet gnome-logs som root</message>
        <message xml:lang="de">Legitimierung ist erforderlich, um gnome-logs als Root-Benutzer auszuführen</message>
        <message xml:lang="en_GB">Authentication is required to run the gnome-logs Partition Editor as root</message>
        <message xml:lang="eo">Necesas aŭtentigo por ruli gnome-logs Subdiskoredaktilo kiel root</message>
        <message xml:lang="es">Se necesita autenticación para ejecutar el editor de particiones gnome-logs como root</message>
        <message xml:lang="eu">gnome-logs partizioen editorea 'root' pribilegiorekin exekutatzeko beharrezkoa da autentifikatzea</message>
        <message xml:lang="fi">Tunnistautuminen vaaditaa gnome-logs-osiomuokkaimen suorittamiseksi root-käyttäjänä</message>
        <message xml:lang="fr">Il est nécessaire de s’authentifier pour lancer l’éditeur de partitions gnome-logs en tant qu’utilisateur root</message>
        <message xml:lang="fur">La autenticazion e je necessarie par eseguî come root l'editôr di partizions gnome-logs</message>
        <message xml:lang="hr">Potrebna je ovjera za pokretanje gnome-logs uređivača particija kao korijenskog korisnika</message>
        <message xml:lang="hu">Hitelesítés szükséges a gnome-logs partíciószerkesztő rendszergazdaként való futtatásához</message>
        <message xml:lang="id">Otentikasi diperlukan untuk menjalankan Penyunting Partisi gnome-logs sebagai root</message>
        <message xml:lang="is">Auðkenningar er krafist til að keyra gnome-logs disksneiðingarstjórann sem kerfisstjóri (root)</message>
        <message xml:lang="it">È richiesto autenticarsi per eseguire «Editor di partizioni gnome-logs» come root</message>
        <message xml:lang="kk">gnome-logs бөлімдер түзеткішін әкімші ретінде жөнелту үшін аутентификация керек</message>
        <message xml:lang="ko">gnome-logs 분할 영역 편집기를 루트 권한으로 실행하려면 인증이 필요합니다</message>
        <message xml:lang="lt">Reikia patvirtinti tapatybę norint vykdyti gnome-logs skirsnių redaktorių root teisėmis</message>
        <message xml:lang="lv">Nepieciešama autentificēšana, lai palaistu gnome-logs nodalījumu redaktoru ar root tiesībām</message>
        <message xml:lang="nl">Authenticatie is vereist om gnome-logs partitiebewerker uit te voeren als systeembeheerder (root)</message>
        <message xml:lang="pa">ਜੀਪਾਰਟਡ ਪਾਰਟੀਸ਼ਨ ਐਡੀਟਰ ਨੂੰ ਰੂਟ ਵਜੋਂ ਚਲਾਣਉ ਲਈ ਪਰਮਾਣਕਿਤਾ ਦੀ ਲੋੜ ਹੈ</message>
        <message xml:lang="pl">Wymagane jest uwierzytelnienie, aby uruchomić edytora partycji gnome-logs jako administrator</message>
        <message xml:lang="pt_BR">Autenticação é necessária para executar o Editor de Partições gnome-logs como root</message>
        <message xml:lang="ro">Autentificarea este necesară pentru a rula Editorul de partiții gnome-logs ca root</message>
        <message xml:lang="ru">Требуется авторизация для запуска редактора разделов gnome-logs с правами root</message>
        <message xml:lang="sk">Na spustenie editora oddielov gnome-logs ako správca sa vyžaduje overenie totožnosti</message>
        <message xml:lang="sr">Потребно је потврђивање идентитета за покретање Гпартеда као администратор</message>
        <message xml:lang="sr@latin">Potrebno je potvrđivanje identiteta za pokretanje Gparteda kao administrator</message>
        <message xml:lang="sv">Autentisering krävs för att köra gnome-logs partitionsredigerare som root</message>
        <message xml:lang="tr">gnome-logs Disk Bölümü Düzenleyicisiʼni kök olarak çalıştırmak içinyetkilendirme gereklidir</message>
        <message xml:lang="uk">Щоб запустити редактор розділів gnome-logs від імені root, слід пройти розпізнавання</message>
        <message xml:lang="vi">Cần xác thực để chạy bộ Sửa phân vùng đĩa gnome-logs dưới tư cách siêu quản trị</message>
        <message xml:lang="zh_CN">以 root 身份运行 gnome-logs 分区编辑器需要授权</message>
        <message xml:lang="zh_TW">需要驗證才能以 root 執行 gnome-logs 分割區編輯器</message>
        <defaults>
            <allow_any>auth_admin</allow_any>
            <allow_inactive>auth_admin</allow_inactive>
            <allow_active>auth_admin</allow_active>
        </defaults>
        <annotate key="org.freedesktop.policykit.exec.path">/usr/bin/gnome-logs</annotate>
        <annotate key="org.freedesktop.policykit.exec.allow_gui">true</annotate>

    </action>

</policyconfig>

Last edited by Herix (2022-01-03 18:56:37)