How do you create a program launcher with administrative privileges using Alacarte?

Question

How do you create a program launcher with Alacarte (Main Menu) that has administrative privileges? I ask because I seem to have deleted the launcher for Synaptic Package Manager and whenever I start it with the command, 'Synaptic' I have to run it without administrative privileges.

As in, what do I type into, 'Command' to run Synaptic Package Manager with administrative privileges in the following screenshot: enter image description here

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 05 '13 at 09:57

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Use

gksudo -u root <program_name>

or

gksudo -k -u root <program_name>

to run <program_name> as the root user.

See the manpage for the gksudo command Manpage icon for more information.

edited Jan 05 '13 at 09:57

Flimm

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answered Jan 05 '13 at 08:14

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How do you create a program launcher with administrative privileges using Alacarte?

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