28 Oct
2004
28 Oct
'04
19:56
On Thursday, 28 October 2004 21.52, Paul W. Abrahams wrote:
1. What exactly is the effect of "run as a different user", both in general and in the particular case where the user name is blank?
In general, it will switch to the named user before the program is run, so that the program is run as that user. In the special case where the user name is blank, it defaults to the root user
2. Is there a way to get that effect from an ordinary command line?
Yes, by running kdesu yast2