How to prompt for root/sudo credentials with Gnome

With other distros like Ubuntu, Gnome prompts for root/sudo authentication whenever applications like Gnome services are run from the Desktop menu. How do you enable that feature in Arch? I have tried different variations of gksude -u root, gksudo -S.... Nothing seems to work.
Thanks

msmail000 wrote:I have gksu installed... my user id is in the sudoers file "username ALL=(ALL) ALL". I execute gksu services-admin. I am prompted for the password. The Services window appears and the Unlock button is active. When I depress the Unlock button, nothing happens, all of the available services remain unselectible.
Yeah, that's a known issue with the system tools. No bug report filed for it, though, I don't think. The buttons/services should work properly, though, if you were to try through a regular user and then unlocking after that.

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desgordon wrote:
How do I prompt for user input in PL/SQL?
I am writing a piece of code where the user may choose, by clicking either of three buttons on an alert, to have the system assign a value to a variable, to input a value or to do neither?OK, you're doing that in Forms...
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>
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