On Sat, Feb 16, 2008 at 02:07:14PM +0000, Chris G wrote: > On Sat, Feb 16, 2008 at 02:26:37PM +0100, Henning Larsen wrote: > > > > On Sat, 2008-02-16 at 11:15 +0000, Chris G wrote: > > > On Sat, Feb 16, 2008 at 04:01:37AM +0000, Kevin Kofler wrote: > > > > Henning Larsen <hennlar <at> start.no> writes: > > > > > Is there any way to do su in X? > > > > > > > > The easiest way is to use kdesu (in kdebase). > > > > > > > Surely it's also pretty easy to su to root in a terminal window and > > > then run the required application from the root command line (or in > > > the case in question just create the folders/directories using the > > > su'ed comaand line). > > > > > > -- > > Thanks. > > > > OK, about creating folders using the su command, can you please explain > > a bit more? > > > > I want to as a regular user be able to edit config files. The safest > > would be to get prompted for password, but it is not a must. > > > At a command prompt in a terminal window just issue the command 'su', > you will be asked for the root password and when you have entered it > you get a new prompt which is usually a '#' instead of '$' to warn you > that you are running as root. > > Then just navigate to where you want to create folders/directories and > issue 'mkdir <name>' to you hearts content to create directories. > Oops - and remember to 'exit' when you finish, not a good idea to leave root logins lying around. -- Chris Green
