Switching to root privileges using xffm

[Brian J. Tarricone]

John Shane wrote:

>Hi all, Is there a quick way to switch to root privileges from a normal
>user when using xffm?  I find myself needing this when I want to rename
>a file on an smbmount.  I scan documents on a network scanner that are
>dropped into a directory on a Samba server.  I can quickly launch xffm
>with a right click of the mouse and see the scanned files but it's only
>at a
>user level.  To rename files I have to start a terminal,
>switch to root and then start xffm.  I'm hoping there's a quicker way
>but I haven't found it yet.  Any suggestions or have I missed the answer
>in the manuals?
>
i don't believe it's possible to do this... however, the real solution 
is to mount the shares such that they're writeable by a normal user (see 
'man smbmount' - the -o options for smbmount can be applied as -o 
options to 'mount' as well).  that's assuming, of course, that you have 
the ability to do so (if you have root on the machine, you should).

    -brian