Hi,
some more informations about similar behavior to xdg-su on debian.
it could be nice to have a common way to deal with elevated user privileges
problem. Actually, kvpnc and qtparted are use cases that require this
functionnality.
* from Olivier Trichet :
> On Debian system, you may use the "su-to-root" program from the menu
> package. For instance, the qtparted package use this method.
* from man su-to-root :
NAME
su-to-root - A simple script to give an `interactive' front-end to su.
It can be used in menu entry commands to ask for the root password
SYNOPSIS
su-to-root [-X] [-p <user>] -c <command>
DESCRIPTION
Most menu entries simply start an editor or a game or whatever. But
some menu entries would like to give the user the ability to change important
settings in the system, that require root privileges. su-to-root can be used
to ask for the root password.
OPTIONS
-c <command>
The command to execute as a string. This option is mandatory.
-p <user>
The name of the user to su to, instead of root.
-X The command is a X11 program that do not require a terminal.
This is to be used with menu entries that declare needs="X11".
ENVIRONMENT
SU_TO_ROOT_X
Select the su-like program called by su-to-root -X. Supported
values are gksu, kdesu and sux.
SU_TO_ROOT_SU
If set to sux force su-to-root to use sux in text mode.
* about sux:
wrapper around su which will transfer your X credentials
Sux is a wrapper around the standard su command which will transfer
your X credentials to the target user.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/sux/
* qtparted.desktop: Exec=su-to-root -X -c /usr/sbin/qtparted
cheers,
Fathi
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