SYNOPSIS
su-to-root [-X] [-p <user>] -c <command>DESCRIPTION
Most menu entries simply start an editor or a game or whatever. But some menu entries would like to give the user the ability to change important settings in the system, that require root privileges. su-to-root can be used to ask for the root password.OPTIONS
- -c <command>
- The command to execute as a string. This option is mandatory.
- -p <user>
- The name of the user to change to, instead of root.
- -X
- The command is a X11 program that does not require a terminal. This is to be used with menu entries that declare needs="X11".
ENVIRONMENT
- SU_TO_ROOT_X
-
Select the su-like program called by su-to-root -X.
Supported values are gksu, kdesu, kde4su, ktsuss,
sux, gksudo and kdesudo. kde4su denotes the KDE4 version of kdesu. - When this variable is not set su-to-root will currently try to use gksu, kdesu, kde4su, ktsuss, sux and the built-in code, in that order with the exception that under a KDE session, kdesu and kde4su are prefered over gksu.
- The exact set of programs to try and their order is subject to change without notice.
- SU_TO_ROOT_SU
- Select the su-like program used in text mode. Supported values are sudo, sux and su, the later being the default.
FILES
- /etc/su-to-rootrc
- ~/.su-to-rootrc
- su-to-root will source these files at startup in this order. This lets you define and modify the environment variables above without restarting your X session.
COPYING
su-to-root is distributed under the GNU General Public License. (GPL 2.0 or greater).AUTHORS
Joost Witteveen <joostje@debian.org>X11 support by Morten Brix Pedersen and Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>