Hans wrote: > There is also "su -p", which stands for "preserve". You need this, if you > want use graphical applications as a normal user, which need root rights > (for example wireshark or editing config files with kwrite, with owner > "root").
I accomplished the same by creating /usr/local/bin/su containing these lines: #! /bin/sh PATH=$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin /bin/su and making it executable. /usr/local/bin takes precedence over /bin/su in $PATH. In fact, su now has its old behaviour back.