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gksudo — Frontend for `sudo`. Allows you to run graphical commands which need root access without having to r
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gksudo command: Frontend for sudo. Allows you to run graphical commands which need root access without having to run an X terminal emulator. Note: This command is deprecated in favor of commands like pkexec, and is no longer maintained. See also: gksu. More information: <https://manned.org/gksudo>.Solution
gksudo — Frontend for sudo. Allows you to run graphical commands which need root access without having to run an X terminal emulator. Note: This command is deprecated in favor of commands like pkexec, and is no longer maintained. See also: gksu. More information: <https://manned.org/gksudo>.Run a command as a specific user:
gksudo {{[-u|--user]}} {{userid}} {{command}}Run the command while preserving the current environments:
gksudo {{[-u|--user]}} {{userid}} {{[-k|--preserve-env]}} {{command}}Force
gksudo to use su to run the command:gksu {{[-u|--user]}} {{userid}} {{[-w|--su-mode]}} {{command}}Force
gksudo to use sudo to run the command:gksudo {{[-u|--user]}} {{userid}} {{[-S|--sudo-mode]}} {{command}}Output debug info for the given command:
gksudo {{[-u|--user]}} {{userid}} {{[-d|--debug]}} {{command}}Code Snippets
Run a command as a specific user
gksudo {{[-u|--user]}} {{userid}} {{command}}Run the command while preserving the current environments
gksudo {{[-u|--user]}} {{userid}} {{[-k|--preserve-env]}} {{command}}Force `gksudo` to use `su` to run the command
gksu {{[-u|--user]}} {{userid}} {{[-w|--su-mode]}} {{command}}Force `gksudo` to use `sudo` to run the command
gksudo {{[-u|--user]}} {{userid}} {{[-S|--sudo-mode]}} {{command}}Output debug info for the given command
gksudo {{[-u|--user]}} {{userid}} {{[-d|--debug]}} {{command}}Context
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