Andre Luis Lopes wrote: > Maybe gksu ? Here's what I have in my > /usr/share/applications/synaptic.desktop (which is a standard file, ie, > not changed by me) : > > Exec=gksu -u root /usr/sbin/synaptic > > This way when I click on GNOME's menu shortcut to run Synaptic > (GNOME's frontend to APT), gksu is show and ask me for my root password > before launching Synaptic as root.
Right, except on a machine installed w/o a root password and only sudo, that won't work. -- see shy jo
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