two questions (newbie)

[Ruben Porras <nahoo82 telefonica net>]

1- How can I make my program to take root permision, you now, a text box
asking for password....
But I have no idea of how to make the program become root.
2-When I try to enter in a text_entry some text with non english
caracters like ñ, ¿. á,é... y recive this error:
	
	Invalid UTF8 string passed to pando_layout_set_text()
I'm using Debian Sarge and GTK 2.0.

Thanks
-- 
The chains are broken and the door is open wide
Our eyes adjusting to the light that was denied
And the voices ringing out now
Sing of freedom
And bring a sense of wonder

	http://www.es.debian.org/intro/about.es.html