running programs as root in KDE

[Pete Travis]

`su -`gives root's $PATH and environment variables.

`su` (no hyphen!) gives root permissions but inherits $PATH and environment
variables.

You might want to give the latter a go.
 On Sep 13, 2011 10:09 AM, "mcforum" <mcforum at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>>  As with most things, it's easy when you know the tricks. I hope these
>>teething troubles don't discourage you.
>
> Teething Troubles--It's like climbing up a sand dune.  This protecting me
from
> myself is getting terribly frustrating.  I want to do work not continually
chase
> the user interface.  I was happy with fvwm but it has become moribund.
>
>
> KDE3 worked fine but KDE4 is awful.  I switched to GNOME now leaving for
xfce4.
>
>
> Along the way the administration of my systems is gone.  A terminal
session
> switched to root with "su -" can't start a program needing the display
reliably
> no matter which desktop is used.  Analogous to kdesu, single programs can
be
> started with sudo but an xterm started that way cannot start a next level
gui
> program.  Sometimes the DISPLAY variable can be reset and get the "su -"
root
> session to inherit the display.  A real hassle when trying to compile,
install
> and debug.  Even CENTOS is following the pack.
>
>
> Robert McBroom
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