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How do you create a program launcher with Alacarte (Main Menu) that has administrative privileges? I ask because I seem to have deleted the launcher for Synaptic Package Manager and whenever I start it with the command, 'Synaptic' I have to run it without administrative privileges.

As in, what do I type into, 'Command' to run Synaptic Package Manager with administrative privileges in the following screenshot: enter image description here

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Use

gksudo -u root <program_name>

or 

gksudo -k -u root <program_name>

to run <program_name> as the root user.

See the manpage for the gksudo command Manpage icon for more information.

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    'gksudo program name' works by itself too. – Josh Pinto Jan 05 '13 at 09:24
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    Indeed, there's no need to specify -u root, without the -u option gksu and gksudo default to running the command as root. – Eliah Kagan Jan 05 '13 at 09:30
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    As stated, gksudo synaptic is sufficient. However, the default command is synaptic-pkexec; you can try that to see if you prefer it (the difference occurs when you enter your password). – Paddy Landau Jan 05 '13 at 09:36