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authorColin Walters <walters@verbum.org>2014-02-13 10:05:21 -0500
committerColin Walters <walters@verbum.org>2014-02-18 13:40:48 -0500
commitfb0d00225c401a521430ddf232a11965cdc5dd44 (patch)
tree9e6b6cd1d76d90ea5c11d13be8d9d9f216a78947 /docs
parent7650ad1e08ab13bdb461783c4995d186d9392840 (diff)
pkexec: Support just plain "pkexec" to run shell
I use "pkexec bash" a lot, and it'd be nice to be able to just type "pkexec" and have it do what I want. Like how "su" will run the shell by default. https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=74933
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-rw-r--r--docs/man/pkexec.xml11
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/docs/man/pkexec.xml b/docs/man/pkexec.xml
index fffcea4..eda9841 100644
--- a/docs/man/pkexec.xml
+++ b/docs/man/pkexec.xml
@@ -47,11 +47,12 @@
<refsect1 id="pkexec-description"><title>DESCRIPTION</title>
<para>
- <command>pkexec</command> allows an authorized user to
- execute <replaceable>PROGRAM</replaceable> as another
- user. If <replaceable>username</replaceable> is not specified,
- then the program will be executed as the administrative super
- user, <emphasis>root</emphasis>.
+ <command>pkexec</command> allows an authorized user to execute
+ <replaceable>PROGRAM</replaceable> as another user. If
+ <replaceable>PROGRAM</replaceable> is not specified, the default
+ shell will be run. If <replaceable>username</replaceable> is
+ not specified, then the program will be executed as the
+ administrative super user, <emphasis>root</emphasis>.
</para>
</refsect1>