<?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ <!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE"> ]> <refentry lang="&language;"> <refentryinfo> <title>KDE User's Manual</title> <author>&Lauri.Watts; &Lauri.Watts.mail;</author> <date>Jun 7, 2005</date> <productname>K Desktop Environment</productname> </refentryinfo> <refmeta> <refentrytitle><command>kdesu</command></refentrytitle> <manvolnum>1</manvolnum> </refmeta> <refnamediv> <refname><command>kdesu</command></refname> <refpurpose>Runs a program with elevated privileges</refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsynopsisdiv> <cmdsynopsis> <command>kdesu</command> <group choice="opt"><option>-c</option></group> <group choice="opt"><option>-d</option></group> <group choice="opt"><option>-f</option> <replaceable> file</replaceable></group> <group choice="opt"><option>-i</option> <replaceable> icon name</replaceable></group> <group choice="opt"><option>-n</option></group> <group choice="opt"><option>-p</option> <replaceable> priority</replaceable></group> <group choice="opt"><option>-r</option></group> <group choice="opt"><option>-s</option></group> <group choice="opt"><option>-t</option></group> <group choice="opt"><option>-u</option> <replaceable> user</replaceable></group> <group choice="opt"><option>--nonewdcop</option></group> <group><arg choice="req"><replaceable>command</replaceable> <arg><replaceable>arg1</replaceable></arg> <arg><replaceable>arg2</replaceable></arg> <arg rep="repeat"><replaceable></replaceable></arg></arg></group> </cmdsynopsis> <cmdsynopsis> <command>kdesu</command> <arg choice="opt">KDE Generic Options</arg> <arg choice="opt">Qt Generic Options</arg> </cmdsynopsis> </refsynopsisdiv> <refsect1> <title>Description</title> <para>&kdesu; is a graphical front end for the &UNIX; <command>su</command> command for the K Desktop Environment. It allows you to run a program as different user by supplying the password for that user. &kdesu; is an unprivileged program; it uses the system's <command>su</command>.</para> <para>&kdesu; has one additional feature: it can optionally remember passwords for you. If you are using this feature, you only need to enter the password once for each command.</para> <para>This program is meant to be started from the command line or from <filename>.desktop</filename> files.</para> </refsect1> <refsect1> <title>Options</title> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><option>-c <replaceable>program</replaceable></option></term> <listitem><para>This specifies the program to run as root. It has to be passed in one argument. So if, for example, you want to start a new file manager, you would enter at the prompt: <userinput><command>kdesu <option>-c <replaceable>kfm -sw</replaceable></option></command></userinput></para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>-d</option></term> <listitem><para>Show debug information.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>-f <replaceable>file</replaceable></option></term> <listitem><para>This option allow efficient use of &kdesu; in <filename>.desktop</filename> files. It tells &kdesu; to examine the file specified by <parameter>file</parameter>. If this file is writable by the current user, &kdesu; will execute the command as the current user. If it is not writable, the command is executed as user <parameter>user</parameter> (defaults to root).</para> <para><parameter>file</parameter> is evaluated like this: if <parameter>file</parameter> starts with a <literal>/</literal>, it is taken as an absolute filename. Otherwise, it is taken as the name of a global &kde; configuration file. For example: to configure the K display manager, <application>kdm</application>, you could issue <command>kdesu <option>-c kdmconfig -f kdmrc</option></command></para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>-i</option> <replaceable>icon name</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Specify icon to use in the password dialog. You may specify just the name, without any extension.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>-n</option></term> <listitem><para>Do not keep the password. This disables the <guilabel>keep password</guilabel> checkbox in the password dialog.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>-p</option> <replaceable>priority</replaceable></term> <listitem> <para>Set priority value. The priority is an arbitrary number between 0 and 100, where 100 means highest priority, and 0 means lowest. The default is 50.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>-r</option></term> <listitem><para>Use realtime scheduling.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>-s</option></term> <listitem><para>Stop the kdesu daemon. This is the daemon that caches successful passwords in the background. This feature may also be disabled with <option>-n</option> when &kdesu; is initially run.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>-t</option></term> <listitem><para>Enable terminal output. This disables password keeping. This is largely for debugging purposes; if you want to run a console mode app, use the standard <command>su</command> instead.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>-u</option> <replaceable> user</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>While the most common use for &kdesu; is to run a command as the superuser, you can supply any user name and the appropriate password.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </refsect1> <refsect1> <title>See Also</title> <para>su(1)</para> <para>More detailed user documentation is available from <ulink url="help:/kdesu">help:/kdesu</ulink> (either enter this <acronym>URL</acronym> into &konqueror;, or run <userinput><command>khelpcenter</command> <parameter>help:/kdesu</parameter></userinput>).</para> </refsect1> <refsect1> <title>Examples</title> <para>Run <command>kfmclient</command> as user <systemitem class="username">jim</systemitem>, and show the &konqueror; icon in the password dialog:</para> <screen><userinput><command>kdesu</command> <option>-u jim</option> <option>-i konqueror</option> <command>kfmclient</command></userinput></screen> </refsect1> <refsect1> <title>Authors</title> <para>&kdesu; was written by <personname><firstname>Geert</firstname><surname>Jansen</surname></personname> <email>jansen@kde.org</email> and <personname><firstname>Pietro</firstname><surname>Iglio</surname></personname> <email>iglio@fub.it</email>. </para> </refsect1> </refentry>