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<refentry id="xdg-su">
<refentryinfo>
<title>xdg-su Manual</title>
<copyright>
<year>2006</year>
</copyright>
<author>
<firstname>Kevin</firstname>
<surname>Krammer</surname>
</author>
<address><email>kevin.krammer@gmx.at</email></address>
<author>
<firstname>Jeremy</firstname>
<surname>White</surname>
</author>
<address><email>jwhite@codeweavers.com</email></address>
<releaseinfo>This is release 0.5 of the xdg-su Manual.</releaseinfo>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>xdg-su</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>xdg-su</refname>
<refpurpose>run a program as root after prompting for the root password</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>xdg-su</command>
<arg><option>-u <replaceable>user</replaceable></option></arg>
<arg choice="plain"><option>-c <replaceable>command</replaceable></option></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>xdg-su</command>
<group choice="req">
<arg choice="plain"><option>--help</option></arg>
<arg choice="plain"><option>--manual</option></arg>
<arg choice="plain"><option>--version</option></arg>
</group>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1 id="description">
<title>Description</title>
<para>
xdg-su provides a graphical dialog that prompts the user for a password
to run <replaceable>command</replaceable> as <replaceable>user</replaceable>
or as root if no user was specified.
</para>
<para>
xdg-su is for use inside a desktop session only.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="options">
<title>Options</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-u <replaceable>user</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem>
<simpara>
run <replaceable>command</replaceable> as
<replaceable>user</replaceable>. The default is to run as root.
</simpara>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--help</option></term>
<listitem>
<simpara>
Show command synopsis.
</simpara>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--manual</option></term>
<listitem>
<simpara>
Show this manualpage.
</simpara>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--version</option></term>
<listitem>
<simpara>
Show the xdg-utils version information.
</simpara>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="exitcodes">
<title>Exit Codes</title>
<para>
An exit code of 0 indicates success while a non-zero exit code
indicates failure. The following failure codes can be returned:
</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>1</option></term>
<listitem>
<simpara>
Error in command line syntax.
</simpara>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>2</option></term>
<listitem>
<simpara>
One of the files passed on the command line did not exist.
</simpara>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>3</option></term>
<listitem>
<simpara>
A required tool could not be found.
</simpara>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>4</option></term>
<listitem>
<simpara>
The action failed.
</simpara>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="seealso">
<title>See Also</title>
<para><citerefentry><refentrytitle>su</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="examples">
<title>Examples</title>
<para>
<programlisting>
xdg-su -u root -c "/opt/shinythings/bin/install-GUI --install fast"
</programlisting>
Runs the /opt/shinythings/bin/install-GUI command with root permissions.
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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