[lug] Passing User Execution to Root

[D. Stimits]

SoloCDM wrote:
> 
> Is it possible to pass an executed program over to the super-user
> from a user?  I tried nohup and the ampersand in X as a user,
> but once the terminal closes -- the command terminates.
> 

That seems a bit odd that you can't background it. Would the command
terminate in error if it didn't have access to stdio? Do you know if the
command simply terminated, versus crashed?