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Re: 'sux -c program username' does not work.



Thank You for Your time and answer, Clive:

>It looks like --help is passed through to su. Try
>$ sux '-?'
>usage: sux [-m|-p|--preserve-environment]
>           [--display display]
>           [--no-cookies|--copy-cookies|--use-xauthority]
>           [--untrusted] [--timeout x]
>           [-] [username [command]]

Wow! Never would guess myself!

>So you would need 
>$ sux root kate

So easy!

>As an alternative, set up sudo and run
>$ sudo kate

No. I need to run it under another user (edit, in my case).

>I hope this helps.

It did.


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