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Set Debian to gksudo / sudo mode instead of su-to-root
By admin | May 30, 2012
gconftool --type bool --set /apps/gksu/sudo-mode true
Or open gconf-editor and set /apps/gksu/sudo-mode to true. This way, you don’t have to set an insecure root password.
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