On Tue, 2010-06-01 at 12:23 +1200, Derek Smithies wrote: > Even more useful is > sudo sux > > which gives root the ability to open gui tools.
Be careful with using sudo in this mannor. You run the risk of creating problems for yourself. The same goes for running graphical programs with sudo like so; `sudo gedit` If you need to run a graphical program then you should run it with gksu like so; `gksu gedit` The reason for this is that sudo (unless invoked with the -i switch) will run as the user root but with the users environment. This may (or may not) cause files in your home directory to be created or overwritten owned by root. This in turn may effect the ability to run the program as your normal user in the future. hads -- http://nicegear.co.nz New Zealand's Open Source Hardware Supplier
