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kdesu
Runs a program with elevated privileges
kdesu -c command -d -f file -i icon name -n -p priority -r -s -t -u user --noignorebutton --attach winid
kdesu KDE Generic Options Qt Generic Options

Description
is a graphical front end for the su command for the K Desktop Environment. It allows you to run a program as different user by supplying the password for that user. is an unprivileged program; it uses the system's su.
has one additional feature: it can optionally remember passwords for you. If you are using this feature, you only need to enter the password once for each command.
This program is meant to be started from the command line or from .desktop files.
Since kdesu is no longer installed in $(kde4-config --prefix)/bin but in kde4-config --path libexec and therefore not in your Path, you have to use $(kde4-config --path libexec)kdesu to launch kdesu.

Options
-c command 	This specifies the command to run as root. It has to be passed in one argument. So if, for example, you want to start a new file manager, you would enter at the prompt: $(kde4-config --path libexec)kdesu -c
-d 	Show debug information.
-f file 	This option allow efficient use of in .desktop files. It tells to examine the file specified by file. If this file is writable by the current user, will execute the command as the current user. If it is not writable, the command is executed as user user (defaults to root).
file is evaluated like this: if file starts with a /, it is taken as an absolute filename. Otherwise, it is taken as the name of a global configuration file.
-i icon name 	Specify icon to use in the password dialog. You may specify just the name, without any extension.
-n 	Do not keep the password. This disables the keep password checkbox in the password dialog.
-p priority 	 Set priority value. The priority is an arbitrary number between 0 and 100, where 100 means highest priority, and 0 means lowest. The default is 50.
-r 	Use realtime scheduling.
-s 	Stop the kdesu daemon. This is the daemon that caches successful passwords in the background. This feature may also be disabled with -n when is initially run.
-t 	Enable terminal output. This disables password keeping. This is largely for debugging purposes; if you want to run a console mode app, use the standard su instead.
-u user 	While the most common use for is to run a command as the superuser, you can supply any user name and the appropriate password.
--noignorebutton 	Do not display an ignore button.
--attach winid 	Makes the dialog transient for an X app specified by winid.

See Also
su(1)
More detailed user documentation is available from help:/kdesu (either enter this URL into , or run khelpcenter help:/kdesu).

Examples
Run kfmclient as user jim, and show the icon in the password dialog:

$(kde4-config --path libexec)kdesu -u jim -i konqueror kfmclient

Authors
was written by Geert Jansen jansen@kde.org and Pietro Iglio iglio@fub.it.