Hi Stu,
> $ sux -c kate edit
> Unknown id: eval $TERM; exec env TERM='xterm' DISPLAY=':0'
> "kate" "edit";
>
> $ sux -m -c kate edit
> getent: invalid option -- c
> Try `getent --help' or `getent --usage' for more information.
> WARNING: --preserve-environment has been set, but no good value was
> found for XAUTHORITY, expect trouble
> Unknown id: eval $TERM; exec env TERM='xterm' DISPLAY=':0'
> "kate" "edit";
>
> $ sux --help
> Usage: su [options] [LOGIN]
It looks like --help is passed through to su. Try
$ sux '-?'
usage: sux [-m|-p|--preserve-environment]
[--display display]
[--no-cookies|--copy-cookies|--use-xauthority]
[--untrusted] [--timeout x]
[-] [username [command]]
So you would need
$ sux root kate
As an alternative, set up sudo and run
$ sudo kate
Or for the specific case of running an editor, use sudoedit with your
chosen editor in the EDITOR environment variable e.g.
export EDITOR=kate
$ sudoedit filename
I hope this helps.
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