Hi Gene
> You missed the point, it demands a root pw, that on this wheezy system,
> does not exist, so it cannot be launched from the menu entry by any pw
> entered. The pw used for doing a sudo is not accepted. That was my
> point.
>
> Don't put it in the menu's at all if the user cannot use his sudo to get
> the root rights it needs.
what happens, if you do - if you are allowed to start su from sudo:
xhost + # to allow other users to access the xserver
sudo su # to become root without a password
export DISPLAY=:0 # set the DISPLAY variable to access the xserver
ksysv # start the wanted program
If this works, you can use the program without a password.
HTH
Rolf
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