su

A wrapper for su that enables a sudo-like syntax for applications and scripts hardcoded to use sudo, or those who prefer sudo's syntax but don't like its approach to security and user management.

Written solely in POSIX shell.

Succeeds if password is valid

Simple sudo replacement utility based on OpenBSD's doas.

This library comes from the gksu application. It provides a simple API to use su and sudo in applications that need to execute tasks as an other user. It provides X authentication facilities for running applications in an X session.

gksu is a GTK+ front end for /bin/su. gksu supports login shells and preserving environment when acting as a su front end. It is useful for menu items or other graphical applications that need to ask the user's password to run as another user.

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