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    • markpatx
      markpatx last edited by

      I have installed Opera 12.16 Build 1860 on Linux Mint and I need to run it as a different user in order to use iptables -m owner module on it.

      The commands i have tried:

      sux user1 opera;

      sudo user1; xhost localhost; opera;

      gksudo -u user1 opera;

      sudo -u user1 opera;

      But all those commands just return to the shell and do nothing, no errors or warnings show, opera doesn't open and "ps aux | grep opera" shows nothing. I tried adding -display 0:0 and it does the same. If I replace "opera" with "firefox" or any other command it runs fine.

      How can I run opera as a different user? Or add some verbosity to make it show why is not opening?

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      • markpatx
        markpatx last edited by

        Just found that if i create the user using the linux mint "User Accounts" GUI, then it works fine. What could be different from using adduser command?

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