How to bring up root GUI password request? in

[Guest ssabdb]

Hi

*Very new to Linux*

in KDE how do you bring up the root password request GUI from Konsole? e.g to start a programme with root privilages from a standard user mode using a shell script

which would bring up the root password request GUI as in some of the KDE config programmes etc

 

thanx!

[aru]

I don't use KDE but I guess that you are looking for /usr/bin/kdesu, ie:

kdesu program_that_needs_root_access

 

but, if you are going to launch it from a virtual term such konsole it will be faster, more useful and more stright forward to run /bin/su (su stands for SuperUser), check out the man page of su.

 

hth

[Guest ssabdb]

yep - thanks very much

 

 

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