running programs as root in KDE

[Aaron Konstam]

On Tue, 2011-09-13 at 23:09 +0200, Reindl Harald wrote:
> 
> Am 13.09.2011 22:26, schrieb Aaron Konstam:
> 
> >> To run a GUI application as the root user with KDE you need to enter
> >> "kdesu kwrite", either from a konsole or krunner. You will then be
> >> required to enter the root password before kwrite will start as a root
> >> application.
> >>   Alt-F2 should bring up krunner for you. It can also provide you with
> >> system activity for you, and from there send signals to running processes.
> >>   As with most things, it's easy when you know the tricks. I hope these
> >> teething troubles don't discourage you.
> >>
> >> HTH
> >>
> >> cpp4ever
> > 
> > Ok, I'll bite. What is kdesu and why does it have to run in this
> > context? Sounds screwy to me
> 
> it is a graphical "su"
> 
> why you need something as root does nobody know except you
> and would you explain us what is "screwy"?
> 

The OP wanted to change his hosts file and couldn't as root without
using  kdesu using a graphical editor.

I have been using Unix and Linux of various manufacturers for ovwer 20
years and have never heard of a Unix like system that has to have a
special su for its desktop manager. So it sounds screwy to me.
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