Hello. I got this idea after using menumaker to generate some menus. When I launched synaptic, I had a nice gtk-style box. So I went back to the antix menu and added the code from menumaker's menu. It worked! So I tried their code on gparted and it worked. So if you want a pretty way to launch apps that require root privileges, then use this code:

su-to-root -X -c /usr/sbin/synaptic

for other apps just change the path to the app you want. Very nice.

john

If you set up sudo then you can use gksudo to make typing in your password"pretty." However, su-to-root works right of the box and apparently can work with the gnome keyring manager, which could be a good thing if you are lazy.

For some reason the antix directions to setup sudo are in this link and not very detailed:

========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"http://antix.mepis.com/index.php/Further_Lighten_antiX_Ratpoison%21"
linktext was:"http://antix.mepis.com/index.php/Furthe ... tpoison%21"
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I have changed all the lines for root passwords to use gksu. If you call an app that requires root re:synaptic a small window opens and asks for your password.

eriefisher

gksu is nicer, but again with the live cd on 128 RAM it is slow to open apps like minstall for installation.

What I'd like to have is a feature that opens a terminal for ppassword and then closes straight away like you get with gksu.
Anyone know a way?

anticapitalista try this: or command being whatever you want to do. For example... exit should close out the terminal after the command has finished.