running programs as root in KDE

[Gerhard Magnus]

As a longtime gnome user, I've been disappointed in finding my hardware
simply can't handle gnome3 of FC15 and have switched to KDE. I've
connected to the Internet and now want to enter the names of IP
addresses of my other boxes in /etc/hosts. Something that used to be
simple -- i.e. open Konsole, then as superuser, kwrite /etc/hosts & --
doesn't work and instead delivers error messages that make no sense to
me, let alone give me anything to work with.

Clearly there must be an easier way to do this but, so far at least,
Google has not been my friend. One "howto" suggested using the "Run
command..." from the K menu and then completing the "run as different
user" section of the "Options" menu, but the "Options" menu doesn't
exist in this version of KDE.

Any suggestions would be most appreciated so I can continue with this
upgrade. I don't mind using Linux being an ongoing adventure, but this
is a bit much.

Jerry