Hello,

I'm a Windows expert but new to Linux and just installed Knoppix to my HD (debian). For my USB Modem, I needed a driver, and I found and installed one correctly.

The problem is: The driver start program has to be run as root. So this is what I do:

1) at the login screen, I go to the console mode (since I cannot login as root, is this normal? on Win I can do this )
2) then I start the program (well it's not exactly a driver but a helping program that others have created, still beta etc)
3) everything works well
4) then I go back to the login screen and login
5) then Knoppix hangs by "initializing drivers" or something, but this is probably due to the beta status of the driver

When I run the program from my account, there are insufficient permissions for nice.

My question:
How to run a program as root without logging out etc etc?
or
Can I run the program from my account by setting permissions, and how?

(well you see... I think in Windows!)

BTW the driver is http://eciadsl.flashtux.org/.
But I think my question belongs here since it is mainly about starting a program as root, and thus a Linux related question.