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How do I get Unity to launch "Log File Viewer" as root?

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By default, "Log File Viewer" is not launched from Unity as root in Ubuntu 11.04. This is pretty useless, as most of the log files are only readable by root.

How can I change this behavior so that it launches as root?

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answered 12 Months ago variark · Accepted Answer

Backup and modify /usr/share/applications/gnome-system-log.desktop; change line:

Exec=gnome-system-log

to:

Exec=gksu --description /usr/share/applications/gnome-system-log.desktop /usr/bin/gnome-system-log

Downside is that it will now always ask for a password.