Re: Executing with root priviliges

[Eduard Bloch <edi@gmx.de>]

Moin Goswin!
Goswin von Brederlow schrieb am Samstag, den 05. Juni 2004:

> >  > So, my question is...is there, or should there be, some virtual
> >  > package or system-wide or user-wide preference for gaining root
> >  > priviliges under X11? What's the best current way to get this
> >  > into the menu system with the least amount of pain for both
> >  > the packager and the user?
> 
> Get all the root gaining mechanisms maintainers to sit together and
> work out a common mechanism to register menu items that need root.
> 
> Some x-gain-root package that all mechanism and all root needing

There is already the script su-to-root in the current menu package which
does almost what you want - looking around and choosing a su-like
program.

Regards,
Eduard.
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