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There are other questions on this forums about the usage of su, su -, su root... etc.

But I have found none about the su-to-root command, and I would like to understand the basics of its usage.

I hope this example could be useful: on Kali Linux v2.0 live (desktop PC version) the installer uses this .desktop direct link :

root@kali:~$ more /usr/share/applications/debian-installer-launcher.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=Install Kali
Comment=Install this system permanently to your hard disk
Exec=su-to-root -X -c /usr/sbin/debian-installer-launcher
Icon=debian-installer-launcher
Type=Application
Categories=Application;System;
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false

If I would like to manually start the installer from a X Windows terminal, must I use

su-to-root -X -c /usr/sbin/debian-installer-launcher

or can I simply do:

sudo /usr/sbin/debian-installer-launcher

?

Braiam
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Sopalajo de Arrierez
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su-to-root is simply a GUI front end for su. If you're comfortable in the terminal, then using sudo should work fine.

For more information: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/intrepid/man1/su-to-root.1.html

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