I found a (lengthy) guide to doing this but it is for gksu which is gone. I have to imagine there’s an easy way. I am running Ubuntu.

  • Possibly linux@lemmy.zip
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    1 year ago

    That’s not a good idea as root isn’t the same as an Administer account. Also, you might want to consider why you are running programs as root. You may have a chicken and the egg problem.

    Maybe step back and give us some more context.