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Launch GUI programs as root
Authored by: ashill on Apr 01, '03 05:39:03PM
Agreed, except that
user% sudo open /Applications/System\ Preferences.app/
opens System Preferences as user, not root; running the file the other way opens it as root.

I'm not sure why this is.

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It's deliberate
Authored by: owain_vaughan on Apr 02, '03 08:06:33AM

'sudo open' used to work for opening GUI apps, but this behaviour was changed to prevent people accidentally doing it...



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