Why should I use gksudo gedit instead of sudo gedit

[swerdna]

Hello, I have Ubuntu 9.04.

I edit configuration files while I'm setting up Ubuntu.
I see much advice to use "gksu gedit" or "gksudo gedit" to edit files. But also "sudo gedit" works just fine too.

Please explain why there are three options and which is the recommended option and why.

PS what would it be in Kubuntu. I note that "sudo kate" works in my Kubuntu. Should I be using like "kdesu kate"?

Thanks
swerdna

[Paqman]

Why to use gksudo.

gksu and gksudo are effectively the same thing. And yes, kdesu for KDE.

[porchrat]

From the manual page of gksudo & gksu:

DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly gksu and gksudo

gksu is a frontend to su and gksudo is a frontend to sudo. Their pri-
mary purpose is to run graphical commands that need root without the
need to run an X terminal emulator and using su directly.

EDIT: Sorry just realised that didn't really answer your question luckily my lack of comprehension was countered by the the response before mine.

[swerdna]

OK, that all makes sense, in light of the link, thanks.

And I see from "ls -l /usr/bin | grep gksu" that gksudo is now just a pseudonym for gksu in Ubuntu.

So gksu and kdesu for me from now on.

Another little thing laid to rest