Running sudo from a panel icon

fogpipe · 05-12-2012, 09:22 PM

The command

Quote:

sudo pm-suspend

runs fine and puts the computer into sleep mode when run from a command line, but when i try to run it by clicking on a script or on the fbpanel icon i have set up it gives this error in .xsession-errors

Quote:

sudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified

My user is in the sudoers file and there is no require tty option that i can find in /etc/sudoers to comment out.

Does anyone know a way i can do this?

towheedm · 05-12-2012, 09:44 PM

For the icon, set the command-line to:

Code:

gksudo <scriptname>

fogpipe · 05-12-2012, 10:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by towheedm

For the icon, set the command-line to:

Code:

gksudo <scriptname>

That just pops up a password prompt and appears to be just a graphical frontend to sudo. sudo is already out of the way, at least as far as a password is concerned, since the user calling the script is in the /etc/sudoers file with appropriate permissions to run the program in question. The idea is for the user to be able to click on an icon and put the computer into sleep mode without further interaction or opening a command line.