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was the solution to my question. Thanks for the help guys! -- Andrew ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geoffrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (Tikanga) discussion mailing-list" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 3, 2008 10:33:54 PM (GMT-0500) America/New_York Subject: Re: [rhelv5-list] Adding an 'su' GUI password prompt to application launchers Andrew J. Barnes Sr. wrote: > Hi, > > > What is the quickest way to invoke the "Query" (ask for root > password) window in RHEL5-Client to launch an application with root > privileges? > > > In gnome, I'd like to add a shortcut to nautilus with root > privileges. What can I add in front of the nautilus command to manage > files quickly as root? su -c "nautilus" ?? > > > I've found a quick difference with Ubuntu (and others) is they favor > the "sudo command" method for authenticating a normal user. RHEL on > the other hand uses the more traditional 'su' to get root. > > > Thanks, Andrew > > -- Andrew J. Barnes Sr. Computer Support Specialist III OIT - ITS - > Resource Center Georgia Institute of Technology | Atlanta, GA 30332 > > _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing > list [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list > -- Until later, Geoffrey Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. - Benjamin Franklin _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
