Ubuntu – How to run sudo gedit as gksu gedit

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I'm looking into ways of automatically loading Gedit as gksu gedit when I enter sudo gedit by mistake?

I have found that I have made a number of files unreachable by using gedit and I have only just found out why!

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I have written a script which will make an alias so that if I type in sudo <application> it can automatically convert that to gksu <application> but I want to make this alias stick, so that I don't have to run the script every time I boot the computer.

Is there a config file I can edit or should I run this script as a start up script (which would be inconvenient!)?

Best Answer

Open .bashrc file
gedit ~/.bashrc

Add following alias
alias sudo='gksu'

Now restart terminal to start using the alias.

Only add alias gedit='gksu gedit' if you want gksu only for gedit.
echo 'alias gedit='gksu gedit' >> ~/.bashrc

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Since you have sudo access, create a sudoers file for yourself, then delete it when the script is done:

# grant this user access to the sudo commands without passwords
# add all required cmds to the CMDS alias
sudo tee /etc/sudoers.d/$USER <<END
$USER $(hostname) = NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/apt-get, /usr/sbin/adduser, /bin/rm, ...
END

# your script goes here
sudo apt-get install ...
git clone ...
sudo adduser group2 $USER
sudo adduser group1 $USER
: ...

# then, remove the sudo access
sudo /bin/rm /etc/sudoers.d/$USER
sudo -k

Ubuntu – I need an equivalent of gksu in 18.04

I found this command

alias gksu='pkexec env DISPLAY=$DISPLAY XAUTHORITY=$XAUTHORITY'

in this page

After running the alias command:

gksu /path/to/script.sh

It will ask you for a password like normal.

You will need to add the alias to the end of ~/.bashrc in order to keep the gksu command persistent on reboot.

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