su-to-root

su-to-root(1)               Debian GNU/Linux manual              su-to-root(1)



NAME
       su-to-root  - A simple script to give an `interactive' front-end to su.
       It can be used in menu entry commands to ask for the root password

SYNOPSIS
       su-to-root [-X] [-p ] -c 

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 
              The command to execute as a string. This option is mandatory.

       -p 
              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 and sux.  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 first being the default in Ubuntu
              (configured in /etc/su-to-rootrc).

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 

       X11   support   by  Morten  Brix  Pedersen  and  Bill  Allombert         lombe@debian.org>

SEE ALSO
       update-menus(1), menufile(5), /usr/share/doc/menu/html



Debian Project                  20 October 1998                  su-to-root(1)