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N30N

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Registered: 2007-04-08

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How do you make a .Desktop entry run as root?

I know in KDE you add "X-KDE-Username=root" but what do you need to add for Gnome users (there's nothing in the desktop-entry-spec )? So is there a setting for it or do I need to make a script to run the command with gksudo/kdesu depending on the desktop environment?

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wonder

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From: Bucharest, Romania

Registered: 2006-07-05

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Re: How do you make a .Desktop entry run as root?

i just put on Exec something like that
Exec=gksu -u root /path/to/application      it requires root password
Exec=gksudo /path/to/application      if i want to use my password/no password depends on the way i setup sudoers

Last edited by wonder (2007-05-18 19:56:33)

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