On 8/31/20 5:07 PM, Vince Winter wrote: > I am looking for an alternative to gksu/gksudo (they are no longer > supported) or to pkexec (getting it setup for the gui is annoying, i.e. > editing policy). > > I am trying to make a cinnamon desktop launch that asks for a password, > keeping simple as I can to implement. >
Depending on what sort of Linux is underneath your Cinnamon DE, and assuming 'root' has not been disabled, the 'su' for root privileges is simply: $ pkexec env DISPLAY=$DISPLAY XAUTHORITY=$XAUTHORITY <program> or $ pkexec --disable-internal-agent env DISPLAY=$DISPLAY XAUTHORITY=$XAUTHORITY <program> (depending on your polkit config, both work here) will run <program> as root after asking for root's password. This is essentially the same as opening a console and running "su -" -Ed
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