Sublime Text 3
is my primary text editor. I run it as a regular user, but once in a while I need to start is as root to edit some system files. I am used to having edit as root
in my context menu on my old system.
In my old Linux Mint 13 Maya I used 'gksu subl'. In my new Linux Mint 17 Qiana this does not work. Here is what happens:
When I execute gksu subl
I am prompted for a password with a graphical dialog. I enter the password which is accepted and then nothing happens. Command returns. No error message, no other indications of failure, but Sublime Text
doesn't start.
Note, I am sure that gksu
is present and working because gksu gedit
works as expected - it asks for a password and then starts gedit
with root privileges.
Also if I open the my file manager (Nemo) with root privileges and browse to text file and just double click it - the file opens in Sublime Text
with root privileges. So I am sure that root can run Sublime Text
.
Also if I try sudo subl
, it works, but I don't want to use this as a solution for obvious reasons.
The problem seems to be specific to launching Sublime Text
with gksu
in Mint 17
Any ideas about why Sublime Text
does not start with gksu
and how to fix it?
Please do not suggest workarounds like "Use different text editor" and "launch file manager with gksu
and then just open the text file for editing", I am looking for the solution to this particular problem