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gksudo

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Frontend for sudo. Run graphical commands which need root access without having to run an X terminal emulator. Note: This command is deprecated and no longer maintained, use pkexec instead.

Run a command as a specific user

gksudo --user userid commandIdentify

Run the command while preserving the current environments

gksudo --user userid --preserve-env commandIdentify

Force gksudo to use su to run the command

gksu --user userid --su-mode commandIdentify

Force gksudo to use sudo to run the command

gksudo --user userid --sudo-mode commandIdentify

Output debug info for the given command

gksudo --user userid --debug commandIdentify

See also

gksu