“start in” to me means in a directory or path. Running lspci does not
require that you are in any particular directory structure and you can run
it by just calling it:
/sbin/lspci
If you mean you want to start in the root (/) directory or start the shell
as ‘root’ (user), sure you can probably create something to do that, but
you should not do it unless you are really sure and if it is just based on
the need to read some data that is available publicly then you should not
do it at all.
On 08/26/2013 11:36 AM, gogalthorp wrote:
>
> For most system things you still need to enter the root password.
Pedantic: No, for most system things that need ‘root’ privs nothing will
be displayed and an error will be returned. No password prompt will be
shown unless using ‘sudo’ to call things.
> But there is a terminal super user mode setup in the system-terminal
> menu. Just drag that to the desktop. You will be asked for password when
> you run it
Most system commands that we use regularly do not need extra privileges
for most operations and lspci is included in that. Honestly I’m not
entirely sure why lspci is in /sbin vs. /bin but maybe somebody else has a
good idea there. The manpage only shows two options that need ‘root’
privileges (assuming the manpage is comprehensive, which may be an invalid
assumption).