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.