Launcher gizmo from su to sudo ??

[Karl Larsen]

Hi William,

    Please read info su and you will see that it with the proper things 
will switch you to almost anything.





William Case wrote:
> Hi;
>
> I originally asked this question on the Gnome list and got this quoted
> response:
>
>   
>>> Is there a relatively simple way to change admin/system programs
>>>       
> called
>   
>>> by gnome launchers so that they ask for / accept the users password
>>>       
> and
>   
>>> the sudoers file and configuration instead of only the root
>>>       
> password?
>   
>> I think that's distribution specific.  Fedora, for example, asks for
>> the root password (or at least it did up to FC5, the last one I used).
>>  Ubuntu asks for the user's password.  I believe the app used is
>> gksu(do).
>>
>>     
> I have just done a clean Fedora 7 install, replacing FC6.  I'll ask on
> the Fedora list.
>
> So, I am asking.  Can I change the su launcher gizmo to a sudo qizmo
> with out ripping things apart?  e.g. change something in the launcher
> command line?
>