On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 04:36:48PM -0400, Doug wrote: > Tried to run a program from command line needing admin > capability. > > Input su /usr/sbin/synaptic > > Get message Unknown id: /usr/sbin/synaptic > > Logged in as root, put in password, ran > /usr/sbin/synaptic > > and the file ran fine. > > Is there no su in Debian? If not what replaces it? > > Now I need some kind of prefix to put in the icon properties > so that symantic will run in admin mode, otherwise it can't > download anything. > > Thanx, doug
man su But that's not what you want. Use sudo (more reading :() -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100911204815.ga2...@gennes.augarten
