Re: Apps that need SU



"Mark Eaton \(HeTTaR\)" <hettar@uq.net.au> writes:

> I have found that there are a number of apps that you really need to run as
> su. Logs thinges etc etc. I would be most exellent if apps such as this
> could prompt for passwd or some such and run as su when you need to run
> them.  I have to log in as root to run them because using xdm I can start
> them from a terminal.
> 
> Is there any reason this type of thing shouldn't be implemented ??

Possibly a better solution would be a password wrapper and sudo.


Torben



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