On 09/15/2011 11:41 AM, Tim wrote: > On Tue, 2011-09-13 at 15:26 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: >> Ok, I'll bite. What is kdesu and why does it have to run in this >> context? Sounds screwy to me. > A "su" function for "kde"... As to why is something special needed, > rather than just "su -" in a terminal, the the program name, as other > desktops do? I don't know, maybe there's something special about KDE > not allowing GUI operations as root. > I'm a long time KDE user and I've never used kdesu. I either run "su -" to drop me into a shell with root privileges or "sudo" to run a single command. So many ways to do the same thing..... :-) -- Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to? -- Clarence Darrow -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
