Using sudo instead of root passwd for system-config tools

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• From: "Thomas V. Fischer" <tvfischer_l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 08:15:40 +0100
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Hey all,

How do you force the use of sudo instead of the root password for launching 
the system-config-??? Tools via the application menu?

I believe you need to change something in the /etc/pam.d files but not sure 
what

Rgds & Thnks

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