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joe.henderson1

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Registered: 2005-04-17

Posts: 13

Root password popup on program load..X11

All,

Is there is a way to get a root password popup
when you try to execute a program in X11?

Example..

I want to run "Ethereal"

Currently..
-- I open a xterm
-- enter "su"
-- enter my root pw
-- type "ethereal &"
-- close xterm

What I want
-- click on ethereal in my menu (already configed)
-- enter my root pw
-- run ethereal

I'm using IceWM..

Thanks,

Joe

pressh

Developer/TU

From: Netherlands

Registered: 2005-08-14

Posts: 1,719

Re: Root password popup on program load..X11

How about using gksu (pacman -S gksu). It has few gnome deps (gconf, orbit & gnome-common), so that should not be that much of a problem.

phrakture

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From: behind you

Registered: 2003-10-29

Posts: 7,879

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Re: Root password popup on program load..X11

IIRC gksu is replaced by libgnomesu

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sudman1

Member

From: Huntingdon, UK

Registered: 2005-02-18

Posts: 143

Re: Root password popup on program load..X11

kdesu also works

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Suds

joe.henderson1

Member

Registered: 2005-04-17

Posts: 13

Re: Root password popup on program load..X11

All,

gksu works like a champ.

here's the syntax for IceWM menu file

"prog Ethereal - /opt/gnome/bin/gksu -u root /usr/bin/ethereal"

Thanks for all the help,

Joe