Mark Ferlatte wrote:
Hugo Vanwoerkom said on Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 08:34:24AM -0600:I want to make a script (which I am at present unable to do) that does this: su <give the password from the script> export PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin/X11 xsane exit from script Note: su insists on running from a terminal window. How do you do that?Use xsu instead of su. You'll probably have to install it. M
Thanks Mark!!! Learn something new everyday. That does the trick:For some unknown reason I only can use xscan with my epson 1250 if I run it under su, not sudo..., not user... (colors are like negatives...) So with xsu I can create a menuitem under fvwm that calls xsu with a script... Works like a charm... We'll leave it as an exercise for the students to discover why xsane only works well under su.
Hugo.