Menu commands to open applications as root - how to?

[Terry]

Patrick Wiseman wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 at 3:17pm, Terry wrote:
>
> :I am trying to work out how to launch an application as root from a menu 
> :shortcut.
> :
> :I've tried using a script with a command line beginning with sudo but 
> :that doesn't work.
>
> I've done this to launch aptitude as root from a menu item:
>
> xterm -T aptitude -e "su -c aptitude"
>
> It prompts me for the password and then runs aptitude.  Of course, it's an 
> app which runs in a terminal anyway, so that might not be quite what 
> you're looking for.
>
> Patrick

Thanks.  That opens up some other possiblities.

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