Harrold,
Im not sure what/why you need to be root, but sometime when I
need a gui app as root (while logged in as user) I issue su -c
<application name> (ie su -c /opt/kde/bin/kppp).
If you want a root shell with root path and environment, then
issue su - (yes, just a space and dash after su).
Jamie
Harald Sundt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> What do I as Root need to do to make apps work when I'm logged on as a
> User? It's funny, some apps work, other only work if I command line as SU.
> Help a hopeless End User....Thanks
>
> : )
>
>
> Note - I can command line SU order them to launch and they will...I
> suspect an odd permission thing the Manual doesn't really address.
> Being a single user of my machine I still rather not run as Root for
> obvious reasons. I think this is the reason my pppd fails in User
> mode too.
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