Install sudo and use this. You would just type something like this... sudo yast And it would excute yast as root and when quite it would go away. You have to edit your sudoers file in /etc and do this... -- # User privilege specification root ALL=(ALL) ALL <your username goes here> ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL -- If you do it this way then sudo will not ask you for any password at all. :) Rememeber the file is /etc/sudoers * Tom Nielsen (tom@neuro-logic.com) [020301 23:58]: ->OK, I'm sick and tired (yes, I know we all are) of putting in my password all ->the time to access root areas like YAST or package manager, etc... -> ->Is there a way to do a script where I can log into everything that requires a ->root password at one time and have it timeout after 24 hours??? -> ->I'm an idiot, so if you can show me how without saying "write a simple ->bla-bla script," I would appreciate it. -> ->Tom -> ->-- ->To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com ->For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com ->Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq and the ->archives at http://lists.suse.com -> -----=====-----=====-----=====-----=====----- Ben Rosenberg mailto:ben@whack.org -----=====-----=====-----=====-----=====----- "I've never been quarantined. But the more I look around the more I think it might not be a bad thing." -JC