setup '-e su "command"' ? and OT misc

[H.R. ter Veer]

On Wed, 20 Mar 2002 11:18:13 -0900
William Bouterse <bill at bouterse.com> wrote:

how about this:
sudo aterm -rv  -bg orange -ls -name 'ROOT TERMINAL'

or, if you want it completely in root environment:
sudo su - -c "aterm -rv  -bg orange -ls -name 'ROOT TERMINAL'"
(for one you need the localhost added to the X access list using: xhost localhost)

sudo is very powerfull, with very good man pages.

> I recently came across a couple of dev. edition Agenda PDA's
> with 66mgz, 8mg ram 16mg flash, kernel 2.4
> 
> These things pretty much died an early death commercially but
> are great test/dev platforms especially for a clueless user/tester
> like myself. if I knew more it might be "fun" to try and
> get a minimal xfce working on it , However that is not the main reason 
> for posting this rambling message.. 
> 
> A question I have wanted to ask for a couple of years....
> 
> setup with "add icon"
> 
> okay at commandline I ;
> aterm -bg black -fg yellow -e su
> 
> and get mu 'su ready' teminal.....
> 
> However;
> 
> 1> Can a passwd  be incorporated into the script so
> it automatically goes into "superuser-root" mode.
> (of course this is a trusted system) !!
> 
> 2> Can the executable be incorporated as well so that....
> "click icon with -e su and get program-running" ?
> 
>  I was prompted to ask this so that I could bring up 
> the Agenda device with the icon as -e su and,
> /usr/sbin/pppd ttyS0 10.1.1.2:10.1.1.3 noauth
>  \nodetach novj debug 115200 local
> 
> Thanks for your patience....
> Sometimes my word struckture does not a coherent sentence make !:)
> 
> 
> William Bouterse
> Talkeetna, Ak.
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