Re: sane backend question

From: Chris Maaskant (gchNOSPAMPLEASE_at_multiweb.nl)
Date: 08/08/04 

Date: Sun, 08 Aug 2004 23:09:18 +0200

On Sun, 08 Aug 2004 15:26:39 -0500, andrew wrote:

> I have created a link on my desktop and under the execute tab in the
> Command field i have
>
> '/home/andrew/Download/sane-backends-1.0.13/tools/umax_pp -s'
>
> I need to run that program as a superuser.

Assuming you're using KDE, why not put kdesu in front of the command?

'kdesu /home/andrew/Download/sane-backends-1.0.13/tools/umax_pp -s'

This way when you click your icon kdesu will popup and ask for your root
password and after you typed it the program will be run by root.

Chris Maaskant. 

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