Run as Super User

AndersAA AndersAA at nokab.no
Tue Oct 12 06:22:57 CDT 2004


On that subject, open as root is also a nice thing to have in the menu 
for items you dont have access to.  Editing conf files using the gui and 
stuff like that is rather nice imho :)

>Since root is disabled by default, It would be nice if when I right
>clicked on a program launcher one of the options was to run that
>program as sudo.  Kind of like Windows XP "run as" menu option.  This
>could be very useful sometimes for doing file management in Nautalis
>or editing a file in gEdit.  For this to be most useful it should work
>when right clicking on a menu item and on a desktop item.
>
>There is probably not enough time for Warty but maybe for Hoary.
>
>Just a thought.
>-Ethan
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