I totally misunderstood you.  The route you take is the route I was suggesting.
Instead of getting a root shell, have you just tried:
su - root -c "whatever"
?
Also if it's something you do on a regular basis, you could always
smack together a script instead of dealing with typing the quotes and
all.
I start up gui tools that require root like this, a lot.

"xhost +" removes all X auth problems, except MIT cookie items I
believe.  Others may be able to elaborate on that.

--Dan

On 11/28/06, Dazed_75 <lthielster@gmail.com> wrote:
> Either I am missing something or I am not being clear to you.  95+% of the
> time I simply use sudo or gksudo to do things needing root permissions. I am
> happy to do so and do not mind having to enter my password.
>
> The other 5-% of the time just having to add the sudo and sometimes (I don't
> always know why) having to quote parts of the command line is just plain
> irritating.  I "su -" and enter roots password and go on my merry way
> KNOWING that I need to excercise extra caution but not having to take extra
> steps to do my work.  During those times it would sometimes be handy to use
> tools available via the gui desktop without having to spend 20-30 minutes
> finding out HOW to do so since they are tools I do not know how to run from
> the command line.
>
> I think I should be able to do that without removing the need to use a
> password with sudo.  I further think someone was on the right track earlier
> with xhost but I suspect that is only part of the solution.  But then I am
> probably just wrong.


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