[SOLVED] antiX-17.3.1_x64-full: SpaceFM warning message

RHTopics · 01-10-2019, 01:37 PM

System information:

Quote:

$ inxi -S
System:
Host: antix1 Kernel: 4.9.0-8-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: IceWM 1.4.2
Distro: antiX-17.3.1_x64-full Helen Keller 27 December 2018

Got the following warning message when running SpaceFM from a terminal window:

Quote:

$ spacefm

(spacefm:3601): SpaceFM-WARNING **: No root settings found in /etc/spacefm/ Setting a root editor in Preferences should remove this warning on startup. Otherwise commands run as root may present a security risk.

Can not find a "Preferences" file or section in /etc/spacefm but here is the contents of my /etc/spacefm/spacefm.conf file:

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# spacefm.conf
# This file affects all users of SpaceFM on this system.

# Documentation: /usr/share/doc/spacefm/spacefm-manual-en.html#programfiles-etc
# http://ignorantguru.github.io/spacef...ogramfiles-etc

# tmp_dir must be a root-protected user-writable dir like /tmp
# ALL users must be able to write to this dir.
# tmp_dir must NOT contain spaces or special chars - keep it simple
#tmp_dir=/tmp

# Specify an absolute path to an additional terminal su or sudo program:
#terminal_su=/bin/su

# Specify an absolute path to an additional graphical su program:
#graphical_su=/usr/bin/gksu

As you can see everything is commented out in this file.

But I did find a "demo-as-root" file in /etc/spacefm and here is its contents:

Quote:

# SpaceFM As-Root Session File

# THIS FILE IS NOT DESIGNED TO BE EDITED

root_editor-s=leafpad
main_terminal-s=lxterminal
main_terminal-b=2

What should be changed or added to stop the warning message?

hydrurga · 01-10-2019, 01:55 PM

I don't run SpaceFM but the manual at http://ignorantguru.github.io/spacef...ogramfiles-etc appears to suggest that there is a menu option View->Preferences which allows you to set the root editor.

rokytnji · 01-10-2019, 01:57 PM

Might help

http://postmyimage.com/img2/614_screenshot.jpg

Edit: That is my AntiX 15 laptop running Jessie.

LXterminal was chosen for AntiX 17 releases.
I still use roxterm in this laptop.

RHTopics · 01-10-2019, 03:04 PM

hydrurga and rokytnji,

Thank you for the replies.

My View -> Preferences -> Advanced dialog window looks just like rokytnji's screenshot except as noted the Terminal: is set to lxterminal.

RHTopics · 01-10-2019, 05:15 PM

In the View -> Preferences -> Advanced dialog window, I put "leafpad %f" in the Root's editor field.

When I clicked the OK button, it popped up the message:

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Save Root Setting

You will now be asked for your root password to save the root settings for this user to a file in /etc/spacefm/ Supplying the password in the next window is recommended. Because SpaceFM runs some commands as root via su, these settings are best protected by root.

I clicked the OK button in this message window. I was not prompted for root password. But that maybe because I had used "sudo" earlier.

Doing that stops the warning message from appearing when executing "spacefm" from a terminal window.

It also created the file /etc/spacefm/"myuserid"-as-root and contains the following:

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# SpaceFM As-Root Session File

# THIS FILE IS NOT DESIGNED TO BE EDITED

root_editor-s=leafpad %f
main_terminal-s=lxterminal
main_terminal-b=2