Re: FVWM: root shell

From: Paul D. Smith <pausmith_at_nortelnetworks.com>
Date: 06 Nov 1999 10:14:15 -0500

%% Gordon Still <stillrgo_at_sk.sympatico.ca> writes:

  gs> I have seen this done somewhere but can not remember where.
  gs> I would like to have a menu item that will start xterm or rxvt as
  gs> root shell. I have experimented with the options for xterm and rxvt
  gs> but nothing has worked.

There are various ways. One fairly foolproof method is to use:

  xterm -e /bin/su -

(or rxvt).

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Received on Sat Nov 06 1999 - 11:02:02 GMT