xdg-su

## Name

xdg-su — run a GUI program as root after prompting for the root password

## Synopsis

`xdg-su` [`-u `user``] `-c `command``

`xdg-su` { `--help` | `--manual` | `--version` }

## Description

xdg-su provides a graphical dialog that prompts the user for a password to run `command` as `user` or as root if no user was specified.

xdg-su is for use inside a desktop session only.

xdg-su discards any stdout and stderr output from `command`.

## Options

`-u `user``
  run `command` as `user`. The default is to run as root.
`--help`
  Show command synopsis.
`--manual`
  Show this manualpage.
`--version`
  Show the xdg-utils version information.

## Exit Codes

An exit code of 0 indicates success while a non-zero exit code indicates failure. The following failure codes can be returned:

`1`
  Error in command line syntax.
`2`
  One of the files passed on the command line did not exist.
`3`
  A required tool could not be found.
`4`
  The action failed.

## See Also

su(1)

## Examples

    xdg-su -u root -c "/opt/shinythings/bin/install-GUI --install fast"

Runs the /opt/shinythings/bin/install-GUI command with root permissions.