How to use sudo in a bash script?

max max_linux2000 at yahoo.es
Thu Oct 6 14:26:04 UTC 2005


Chris Dunn wrote:

>For instance I want to include :
>
>sudo synaptic 
>
>in a script to put on a button in the task bar.
>
>I had thought that this would run and bring up a box to allow me to
>enter a password to run the sudo command, but it simply fails to run.
>
>What am I missing?
>
>Chris Dun
>  
>
do you use Gnome? If yes you need to write:

gnome-sudo synaptic

but for that you can use the "add custom launcher" directly in the 
gnome-bar and put the command
"gnome-sudo synaptic"

best,
MaX


best,
MaX

		
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