Definition: gnome-sudo: GUI frontend to sudo gnome-sudo will popup a dialog requesting the password for the user to run as (if necessary, sudo has caching), and copies ~/.Xauthority so that that user can reach it. This is to provide a way for GUI programs (such as package managers) to run in an easy, point-and-drool fashion. From Debian 3.0r0 APT
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