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

SYNOPSIS

       su-to-root [-X] [-p <user>] -c <command>

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.

OPTIONS

       -c <command>
              The command to execute as a string. This option is mandatory.

       -p <user>
              The name of the user to change to, instead of root.

       -X     The command is a X11 program that does not require a terminal.  This is to be  used
              with menu entries that declare needs="X11".

ENVIRONMENT

       SU_TO_ROOT_X
              Select  the  su-like  program  called by su-to-root -X.  Supported values are gksu,
              kdesu, kde4su, ktsuss,
               sux, sudo-askpass, gksudo and kdesudo.  kde4su denotes the KDE4 version of  kdesu.
              sudo-askpass require ssh-askpass to be installed.

              When  this  variable  is  not set su-to-root will currently try to use gksu, kdesu,
              kde4su, ktsuss, sux and the built-in code, in that order with  the  exception  that
              under a KDE session, kdesu and kde4su are preferred over gksu.

              The  exact  set  of  programs  to  try and their order is subject to change without
              notice.

       SU_TO_ROOT_SU
              Select the su-like program used in text mode.  Supported values are sudo,  sux  and
              su, the later being the default.

FILES

       /etc/su-to-rootrc

       ~/.su-to-rootrc
              su-to-root  will  source these files at startup in this order. This lets you define
              and modify the environment variables above without restarting your X session.

COPYING

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

AUTHORS

       Joost Witteveen <joostje@debian.org>

       X11 support by Morten Brix Pedersen and Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>

SEE ALSO

       update-menus(1), menufile(5), /usr/share/doc/menu/html