xdg-su(1)
| XDG-SU(1) | xdg-su Manual | XDG-SU(1) |
NAME
xdg-su - run a GUI program as root after prompting for the root password
SYNOPSIS
xdg-su [-u user] -c command
xdg-su {--help | --manual | --version}
DESCRIPTION
xdg-su provides a graphical dialog that prompts the user for a password to run command as user or as root if no user was specified.
xdg-su is for use inside a desktop session only.
xdg-su discards any stdout and stderr output from command.
OPTIONS
-u user
run command as user. The default is to run
as root.
--help
Show command synopsis.
--manual
Show this manual page.
--version
Show the xdg-utils version information.
EXIT CODES
An exit code of 0 indicates success while a non-zero exit code indicates failure. The following failure codes can be returned:
1
Error in command line syntax.
2
One of the files passed on the command line did not
exist.
3
A required tool could not be found.
4
The action failed.
SEE ALSO
EXAMPLES
xdg-su -u root -c "/opt/shinythings/bin/install-GUI --install fast"
Runs the /opt/shinythings/bin/install-GUI command with root permissions.
AUTHORS
Kevin Krammer
Author.
Jeremy White
Author.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2006
| 07/08/2022 | This is release 0.5 of the xdg |