http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/gksu/

was the solution to my question.

Thanks for the help guys!


--
Andrew


----- Original Message -----
From: "Geoffrey" <lists@(protected)>
To: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (Tikanga) discussion mailing-list" <rhelv5-list@(protected)>
Sent: Thursday, April 3, 2008 10:33:54 PM (GMT-0500) America/New_York
Subject: Re: [rhelv5-list] Adding an 'su' GUI password prompt to application launchers

Andrew J. Barnes Sr. wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> What is the quickest way to invoke the "Query" (ask for root
> password) window in RHEL5-Client to launch an application with root
> privileges?
>
>
> In gnome, I'd like to add a shortcut to nautilus with root
> privileges. What can I add in front of the nautilus command to manage
> files quickly as root?

su -c "nautilus" ??

>
>
> I've found a quick difference with Ubuntu (and others) is they favor
> the "sudo command" method for authenticating a normal user. RHEL on
> the other hand uses the more traditional 'su' to get root.
>
>
> Thanks, Andrew
>
> -- Andrew J. Barnes Sr. Computer Support Specialist III OIT - ITS -
> Resource Center Georgia Institute of Technology | Atlanta, GA 30332
>
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Until later, Geoffrey

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