Icon to launch app as root?

[James Knott]

Steve wrote:
> Is there a way to modify an application icon so that it will launch as
> root, and therefore prompt for password?
> 
> I'm using Ubuntu Hoary (Gnome), and want to modify an app's icon so that
> it will be "sudo <blahblah>". I tried changing the Commandline in the
> icon's properties to this, but that doesn't work.
> 
> I suspect either it is very easy, or impossible... :-)

Sorry, my previous reply was about KDE.  If you're using Gnome, it's
probably impossible.  ;-)
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