gksudo to wine?

j0eh4x · 09-27-2011, 11:33 PM

I'm always tweeking ubuntu and i'm running on 11.04, and was wondering if it would be possible to launch a script, that uses gksudo to authenticate root, chmod to 777, and then launch the executable in wine.

It would in a way create the same windows asking yes or no when clicking an executable. And would save me time from having to open a terminal and typing

Quote:

cd ~/Downloads
sudo chmod 777 winefile.exe
Enter Password:

I'm aware its not that much typing but was just wondering if its possible

zuzoa · 09-28-2011, 02:50 PM

Perhaps something like

Code:

#!/bin/sh
gksu chmod 777 $1
wine $1

And then try opening the file with that shell script? Or just `script.sh ~/Downloads/winefile.exe`. Dunno if it'll work :P

TobiSGD · 09-28-2011, 02:55 PM

May be I am not getting the point, but why do you need to be root do to change the permissions on that file?

j0eh4x · 09-28-2011, 03:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TobiSGD

May be I am not getting the point, but why do you need to be root do to change the permissions on that file?

oops your right, you can make something executable without root, I thought you needed to be root, basically I would just want to call a script when clicking a file ending in .exe that automatically chmods to 777 and then executes with wine

j0eh4x · 09-28-2011, 03:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zuzoa

Perhaps something like

Code:

#!/bin/sh
gksu chmod 777 $1
wine $1

And then try opening the file with that shell script? Or just `script.sh ~/Downloads/winefile.exe`. Dunno if it'll work :P

thanx, that worked perfectly, for anyone that wants to know I just put the script in bin and set it to open all exe's