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Package: gksu (2.0.0-1)

graphical frontend to su

gksu is a Gtk+ frontend to /bin/su. It supports login shells and preserving environment when acting as a su frontend. It is useful to menu items or other graphical programs that need to ask a user's password to run another program as another user.

Tags: System Administration: User Management, User Interface: X Window System, Role: Program, Scope: Utility, Security: Authentication, Interface Toolkit: GTK, Purpose: Login, X Window System: Application

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  • dep: libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.8.0)
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Architecture Package Size Installed Size Files
alpha 69.3 kB452 kB [list of files]
amd64 69.3 kB448 kB [list of files]
arm 67.4 kB440 kB [list of files]
hppa 69.0 kB444 kB [list of files]
i386 68.2 kB440 kB [list of files]
ia64 71.5 kB460 kB [list of files]
mips 68.3 kB444 kB [list of files]
mipsel 68.3 kB444 kB [list of files]
powerpc 69.6 kB444 kB [list of files]
s390 68.8 kB444 kB [list of files]
sparc 67.4 kB440 kB [list of files]