su-to-root

Section: Debian GNU/Linux manual (1)
Updated: 20 October 1998
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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

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.

COPYING

su-to-root is distributed under the GNU General Public License. (GPL 2.0 or greater).

AUTHOR

joost witteveen <joostje@debian.org> less