Gksu in 14.04?

[Tom H]

On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 6:47 AM, Pete Smout <smoutpete at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Aug 6, 2014 8:21 AM, "NoOp" <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> On 08/05/2014 11:32 PM, Nils Kassube wrote:
>>> MR ZenWiz wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Is this just missing or is there a replacement?
>>>>
>>>> I really like my command line shortcuts, and this is crucial....
>>>
>>> It is in package gksu - maybe that package is missing on your machine?
>>
>> gksu was removed from 'main' in sauce and placed in 'universe' and is no
>> longer installed by default:
>> <https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gksu>
>> <https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gksu/+question/227275>
>>
>> <http://askubuntu.com/questions/284306/why-is-gksu-no-longer-installed-by-default/284717#284717>
>
> WHY?!
> Surely this will lead to 'people' using sudo and causing permission problems
> later!

gksu/gksudo is abandonware upstream and pkexec is the replacement.