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Elevated permission processes not shown (sudo/root)

Open CosCal opened this issue 3 years ago • 3 comments

I noticed the "administrator" elevated Files app in elementaryOS (v5.1.7) was not listed in Monitor (v0.9.1) but the non-elevated instance was listed just fine. After verifying with ping in terminal, it appears that elevated processes, via sudo or root, are not shown correctly in Monitor.

When running another instance of Monitor under sudo, the elevated now show, but not the regular processes. I see conversation about a redesign. Was this missing ability just oversight or is there a bug? Thank you for your time.

CosCal avatar Nov 02 '20 14:11 CosCal

This is true. Right now Monitor shows only processes of current user. It is not a bug, just not implemented yet. It needs design. I think it needs some indication that these are root processes. PRs are welcome.

stsdc avatar Nov 02 '20 15:11 stsdc

Personally new to programming, but will research these coveted "Pull Requests" and spread the word.

CosCal avatar Nov 02 '20 16:11 CosCal

It could be implemented as a settings switch "show all processes" which requests root or sudo password.

davidak avatar Oct 04 '21 14:10 davidak