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KDESU(1)			KDE User's Manual			KDESU(1)

NAME
     kdesu - Runs a program with elevated privileges

SYNOPSIS
     kdesu  [-c  command]  [-d] [-f file] [-i icon name] [-n] [-p priority] [-r]
	   [-s] [-t] [-u user] [--noignorebutton] [--attach winid]

     kdesu [KDE Generic Options] [Qt(TM) Generic Options]

DESCRIPTION
     KDE su is a graphical front end for the UNIX(R) su command for the K  Desk-
     top  Environment.	It allows you to run a program as different user by sup-
     plying the password for that user.  KDE su is an unprivileged  program;  it
     uses the system's su.

     KDE su 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.

     This program is meant to be started from the command line or from	.desktop
     files.

     Since kdesu is no longer installed in
      $(kf5-config  --prefix)/bin but in kf5-config --path libexec and therefore
     not in your Path, you have to  use  $(kf5-config  --path  libexec)kdesu  to
     launch kdesu.

OPTIONS
     -c command
	 This  specifies  the command 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: $(kf5-config --path libexec)kdesu  -c   Dol-
	 phin

     -d
	 Show debug information.

     -f file
	 This  option  allow efficient use of KDE su in .desktop files. It tells
	 KDE su to examine the file specified by file. If this file is	writable
	 by  the  current  user,  KDE su will execute the command as the current
	 user. If it is not writable, the command is executed as user user  (de-
	 faults to root).

	 file is evaluated like this: if file starts with a /, it is taken as an
	 absolute  filename.  Otherwise, it is taken as the name of a global KDE
	 configuration file.

     -i icon name
	 Specify icon to use in the password dialog. You may  specify  just  the
	 name, without any extension.

     -n
	 Do  not  keep the password. This disables the keep password checkbox in
	 the password dialog.

     -p priority
	 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.

     -r
	 Use realtime scheduling.

     -s
	 Stop the kdesu daemon. This is the daemon that caches successful  pass-
	 words in the background. This feature may also be disabled with -n when
	 KDE su is initially run.

     -t
	 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 su instead.

     -u  user
	 While the most common use for KDE su is to run a command as  the  supe-
	 ruser, you can supply any user name and the appropriate password.

     --noignorebutton
	 Do not display an ignore button.

     --attach  winid
	 Makes the dialog transient for an X app specified by winid.

SEE ALSO
     su(1)

     More  detailed user documentation is available from help:/kdesu (either en-
     ter this URL into Konqueror, or run khelpcenter help:/kdesu).

EXAMPLES
     Run kfmclient as user jim, and show the Konqueror icon in the password dia-
     log:

	 $(kf5-config --path libexec)kdesu -u jim -i konqueror kfmclient

AUTHORS
     KDE su was written by  Geert  Jansen  <g.t.jansen@stud.tue.nl>  and  Pietro
     Iglio <iglio@fub.it>.

AUTHOR
     Lauri Watts <lauri@kde.org>
	 Author.

K Desktop Environment		   2010-09-18				KDESU(1)

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