On 09/12/2010 02:06 AM, Doug wrote:
Tried to run a program from command line needing admin capability. Input su /usr/sbin/synaptic Get message Unknown id: /usr/sbin/synaptic Logged in as root, put in password, ran /usr/sbin/synaptic and the file ran fine. Is there no su in Debian? If not what replaces it? Now I need some kind of prefix to put in the icon properties so that symantic will run in admin mode, otherwise it can't download anything. Thanx, doug
I think you've missed the -c parameter. Try : su -c /usr/sbin/synaptic