Author: Stephen Rowles Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Konsole
> I have got a root tab working thanks to Stephen but still can't work out > the 'spell' to get a root mc tab based on the command:
>
> /bin/bash -c "su -"
>
> that he suggested. I really struggle with simple things like this as I
> know practically zilch about programming of any sort, I'd probably even
> struggle with html these days.
right.. having installed midnight commander (never used it before) the
following command should work:
/bin/bash -c "su - -c mc"
Again it will prompt you for root password before giving a new shell with
MC in it.