How to use sudo and a graphical program?

[Space Cake]

try gksudo a kdesudo depending of your desktop environment

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On 2012. máj.  2., szerda, 16.00.19 CEST, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> I guess I don't understand access permissions to my display.
>
> If I become root via "sudo su -", I cannot use gedit or gvim because
> they are unable to open the display.
>
> If I start them as "sudo gedit somefile" it works, but when I'm doing
> serious admin work, I consider this tedious.
>
> I'm not complaining so much as wanting to understand.  Any clues?
>

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