I found a (lengthy) guide to doing this but it is for gksu which is gone. I have to imagine there’s an easy way. I am running Ubuntu. There is no specific use case, it is just a feature I miss from windows.

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    9 months ago

    Sudo is “su do”, i.e. “run as root”

    It may default to root but it doesn’t mean run as root. Su means substitute user identity i.e. any other user (if you have the rights to it).

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      9 months ago

      I know, but explaining all that for just a comment on why I found funny the “run as sudo” seemed too much.