09-09-2002
to be perfectly in control ... script it...
something in a script would be more reliable. Then you could take whatever was entered after "su" as variables.
You would have to move the su binary somewhere out of the PATH and then create a script in the original location called "su".
Then anything after the command will be read as input which you can then force the result you want by coding it in a script.
This should be fairly easy to do probably only 20 lines or so.
My 2K anyway.
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
su-to-root
su-to-root(1) Debian GNU/Linux manual su-to-root(1)
NAME
su-to-root - A simple script to give an `interactive' front-end to su. It can be used in menu entry commands to ask for the root password
SYNOPSIS
su-to-root [-X] [-p <user>] -c <command>
DESCRIPTION
Most menu entries simply start an editor or a game or whatever. But some menu entries would like to give the user the ability to change
important settings in the system, that require root privileges. su-to-root can be used to ask for the root password.
OPTIONS
-c <command>
The command to execute as a string. This option is mandatory.
-p <user>
The name of the user to change to, instead of root.
-X The command is a X11 program that does not require a terminal. This is to be used with menu entries that declare needs="X11".
ENVIRONMENT
SU_TO_ROOT_X
Select the su-like program called by su-to-root -X. Supported values are gksu, kdesu, kde4su, ktsuss,
sux, gksudo and kdesudo. kde4su denotes the KDE4 version of kdesu.
When this variable is not set su-to-root will currently try to use gksu, kdesu, kde4su, ktsuss, sux and the built-in code, in that
order with the exception that under a KDE session, kdesu and kde4su are prefered over gksu.
The exact set of programs to try and their order is subject to change without notice.
SU_TO_ROOT_SU
Select the su-like program used in text mode. Supported values are sudo, sux and su, the later being the default.
FILES
/etc/su-to-rootrc
~/.su-to-rootrc
su-to-root will source these files at startup in this order. This lets you define and modify the environment variables above without
restarting your X session.
COPYING
su-to-root is distributed under the GNU General Public License. (GPL 2.0 or greater).
AUTHORS
Joost Witteveen <joostje@debian.org>
X11 support by Morten Brix Pedersen and Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
SEE ALSO
update-menus(1), menufile(5), /usr/share/doc/menu/html
Debian Project 20 October 1998 su-to-root(1)