I know this is an old thread, but I thought this post was still relevant, on the chance that this information might help someone else out there:
I did find the kdesu program in the same place listed by CollieJim, but the update-alternatives command didn't work on my Kubuntu 10.10 (Maverick) system as given above.
What DID work was to run update-alternatives, but with a slightly different set of parameters:
Code:
user@machine:~$ sudo update-alternatives --config kdesu
(If I omit 'sudo ' from the beginning, the command displays correctly but cannot save any changes.)
That command brings up the following on my system:
Code:
user@machine:~$ sudo update-alternatives --config kdesu
There are 2 choices for the alternative kdesu (providing /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/kdesu).
Selection Path Priority Status
------------------------------------------------------------
* 0 /usr/bin/kdesudo 100 auto mode
1 /usr/bin/kdesudo 100 manual mode
2 /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/kdesu-distrib/kdesu 50 manual mode
Press enter to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number:
Simply press '2' and Enter, and the alternatives system remembers that choice as the default. Now 'kdesu' seems to run fine on my system.
