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GKSU(1)								       GKSU(1)

NAME
       gksu - a Gtk+ su frontend

SYNOPSIS
       gksu [ options ] <command>
       gksudo [ options ] <command>

DESCRIPTION
       This manual page documents briefly gksu and gksudo

       gksu  is a frontend to su and gksudo is a frontend to sudo.  Their pri‐
       mary purpose is to run graphical commands that need  root  without  the
       need to run an X terminal emulator and using su directly.

OPTIONS
       These  programs	follow	the  usual  GNU command line syntax, with long
       options starting with two  dashes  (`-').   A  summary  of  options  is
       included below.

   Common Options:
       --user <user>, -u <user>

	      Calls <command> as the specified user

       --message <message>, -m <message>

	      Replaces	the standard message shown to ask for password for the
	      argument passed to the option

       --sudo-mode, -S

	      Use sudo instead of su as backend authentication system.	Notice
	      that the X authorization magic will not work when using sudo for
	      target users other than root.

       --title <title>, -t <title>

	      Replaces the default title with the argument

       --icon <icon>, -i <icon>

	      Replaces the default window icon with the argument

       --print-pass, -p

	      Asks gksu to print  the  password	 to  stdout,  just  like  ssh-
	      askpass.	Useful	to  use	 in  scripts with programs that accept
	      receiving the password on stdin.

       --disable-grab, -g

	      Disables the "locking" of the keyboard, mouse, and focus done by
	      the program when asking for password

       --ssh-fwd, -s

	      Strip  the host part of the $DISPLAY variable, so that GKSu will
	      work on SSH X11 Forwarding.

       --login, -l

	      Makes this a login shell. Beware this may	 cause	problems  with
	      the Xauthority magic. Run xhost to allow the target user to open
	      windows on your display! This is ignored if running with sudo as
	      backend for authentication.

       --preserve-env, -k

	      Preserve the current environments, does not set $HOME nor $PATH,
	      for example.

FILES
       /etc/gksu.conf
	      Configuration   file   to	  setup	  system-wide	defaults   for
	      gksu/gksudo.   It	 provides  an option to force the display gra‐
	      bing, also.

RETURN VALUE
       On success, gksu will return 0. If an authentication error ocurred,  it
       will  exit with error code 3. If the user canceled the dialog or closed
       the window, it will return error code 2.	 On  other  error  conditions,
       gksu will return 1.

NOTE
       Note  that <command> and all its arguments should be passed as one sin‐
       gle argument to gksu just like one would to when using su.

SEE ALSO
       su(1), gksuexec(1).

AUTHOR
       This manual page was written by Gustavo Noronha Silva  <kov@debian.org>
       for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

				     2003			       GKSU(1)
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