kubuntu-users Digest, Vol 28, Issue 11

[Matthew Flaschen]

Andrew Jarrett wrote:
> On 5/7/07, Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> wrote:
>> Yes, and No.  I always thought that, and I know that once upon a time when I
>> used Debian, it was true, but you can invoke gui apps w/ sudo.  I just
>> tried "sudo kate".
> 
> That's true.  However, from the run prompt (alt+F2) "kdesu kate" will
> open kate, but "sudo kate" will not.  Sudo can invoke gui apps, but I
> believe it is only from the console.

That's because sudo is a console app.  It accepts the password through
the console, so if you run it through a GUI it won't get the password.
In contrast, kdesu always accepts the password with a pretty kde dialog
box. That's the only real difference, as far as I know.

Matt Flaschen