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]>
<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>
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