Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 11:23:04 -0500 (EST) From: Peter <petermatulis@yahoo.ca> To: JD Arnold <jdarnold@buddydog.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Prompt for root password Message-ID: <20060106162304.40800.qmail@web60012.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <dplv84$pnt$1@sea.gmane.org>
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--- JD Arnold <jdarnold@buddydog.org> wrote: > I'm writing a program that needs to write a file and I'd like to have it > ask for the root password and run as root, like many of the system > config > applications do. Do I have to write something special, or is there some > way to tell KDE (or GNOME) to prompt for the root password? Is this what > a "setuid" program is? Here is a start: $ su root -c 'man su' __________________________________________________________ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca
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