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How can I start a program as root using the window manager?
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I sometimes want to start a graphical program explicitly as root. For now I'm starting a terminal and sudo the desired applicaton. But is there a way to start an application as root directly from its starter (Gnome or KDE)? Something like right-click and "Run as Administrator" in Windows?
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Linux has something but not exactly what you want, when you want ti Run GUI program as root you can press: then write the program name with prefix gksudo you can add it to the right click of the mouse by writing some script.
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