su - become SuperUser

shell session

/usr % su -
password: @+h10nR)CK5
/root # cd /usr
/usr # 

total 14 keystrokes (6 mandatory) plus password

Interrogator session

1) choose Open > Login > SuperUser


enter password
2) Enter the root password.

new superuser window



3) after a while, Interrogator starts up under userid 0, root, the superuser.



session as root

4) From here you can get to any subdirectory, as the superuser. To end the session, simply quit Interrogator.


total 2 keystrokes, two modifiers, plus password




Notes


Interrogator as root works the same, except that your background is black, to remind you that you are more dangerous than usual. Otherwise, the hues of the colors are the same, yellow is still yellow, although permission colors will of course change to those, as seen by the root superuser.

You can simply Quit at the end (^Q on X11, cmdQ on Mac).

The script that coordinates this all is in ~/.tint/menus/open/login.sh, which you can edit freely.




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