diff -urN gnome-system-tools-1.0.0/config.h.in gnome-system-tools-1.0.0-cmsj/config.h.in
--- gnome-system-tools-1.0.0/config.h.in	2004-09-13 21:11:12.000000000 +0100
+++ gnome-system-tools-1.0.0-cmsj/config.h.in	2004-10-21 00:18:02.185573496 +0100
@@ -102,5 +102,8 @@
 /* su executable path */
 #undef SU_PATH
 
+/* sudo executable path */
+#undef SUDO_PATH
+
 /* Version number of package */
 #undef VERSION
diff -urN gnome-system-tools-1.0.0/configure.in gnome-system-tools-1.0.0-cmsj/configure.in
--- gnome-system-tools-1.0.0/configure.in	2004-09-13 21:10:14.000000000 +0100
+++ gnome-system-tools-1.0.0-cmsj/configure.in	2004-10-21 00:17:49.621483528 +0100
@@ -41,6 +41,22 @@
 dnl =====================================================
 
 dnl =====================================================
+dnl search for sudo
+dnl =====================================================
+
+AC_PATH_PROG(SUDO_TOOL, sudo)
+if test x"${SUDO_TOOL}" = xno; then
+  AC_MSG_ERROR([sudo executable not found in your path - should be installed])
+else
+  AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(SUDO_PATH, "${SUDO_TOOL}", [sudo executable path])
+fi
+
+dnl =====================================================
+dnl END: search for sudo
+dnl =====================================================
+
+
+dnl =====================================================
 dnl search for ssh
 dnl =====================================================
 
diff -urN gnome-system-tools-1.0.0/interfaces/common.glade.in gnome-system-tools-1.0.0-cmsj/interfaces/common.glade.in
--- gnome-system-tools-1.0.0/interfaces/common.glade.in	2004-07-19 12:02:59.000000000 +0100
+++ gnome-system-tools-1.0.0-cmsj/interfaces/common.glade.in	2004-10-21 00:17:49.621483528 +0100
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@
 	      <child>
 		<widget class="GtkLabel" id="label69">
 		  <property name="visible">True</property>
-		  <property name="label" translatable="yes">To acquire such privileges, enter your root password below. If you don't specify a password, you will be  unable to modify your system configuration.</property>
+		  <property name="label" translatable="yes">To acquire such privileges, enter your password below. If you don't specify a password, you will be  unable to modify your system configuration.</property>
 		  <property name="use_underline">False</property>
 		  <property name="use_markup">False</property>
 		  <property name="justify">GTK_JUSTIFY_LEFT</property>
diff -urN gnome-system-tools-1.0.0/src/common/gst-auth.c gnome-system-tools-1.0.0-cmsj/src/common/gst-auth.c
--- gnome-system-tools-1.0.0/src/common/gst-auth.c	2004-08-29 12:26:32.000000000 +0100
+++ gnome-system-tools-1.0.0-cmsj/src/common/gst-auth.c	2004-10-21 00:17:49.621483528 +0100
@@ -361,11 +361,12 @@
 	}
 
 	/* these are the su args */
-	su_args[0] = SU_PATH;
-	su_args[1] = "root";
-	su_args[2] = "-c";
-	su_args[3] = command->str;
-	su_args[4] = NULL;
+	su_args[0] = SUDO_PATH;
+	su_args[1] = SU_PATH;
+	su_args[2] = "root";
+	su_args[3] = "-c";
+	su_args[4] = command->str;
+	su_args[5] = NULL;
 
 	gst_auth_do_authentication (tool, su_args);
 	g_string_free (command, TRUE);