SU Shell script

Snipersnest · 01-31-2005, 07:17 PM

I'm wondering if someone could tell me how to su root in a small launcher for my desktop.

I put wine on my computer but it installed to the root folder... so now I have to login as root to run the installed programs.

Is there a simple script I could make to launch a program on my desktop as root? I want to use this program

/root/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Adobe/Photoshop/Photoshop.exe

trickykid · 01-31-2005, 07:25 PM

Why not either move and change the permissions or change the ownership or group ownership to allow others to execute it as themselves? Running things as root can lead to security risks.

Snipersnest · 01-31-2005, 08:55 PM

If I want to set the permissions to the /root folder so I can access it with my user what would I set it to? Or how would I go about doing it?

Linux~Powered · 02-01-2005, 12:45 AM

first change the owner..

chown you <nameoffile/dir>

and change the group..

chgrp users <nameoffile/dir>

then move it to your home directory and you'll be able to run it without root.

chrism01 · 02-01-2005, 12:47 AM

You're not going to like this, but from the security point of view, I'd de-install, re-install as another user.
It's possible to alter the permissions/ownerships using chmod & chown, but allowing anybody other than root into that area is a really BAD idea (imho).

Snipersnest · 02-01-2005, 07:02 AM

lol when I try to remove it with rpm -e 200501110-winehq.i686.rpm it comes back saying its not installed... Not to mention I did install it as my user not as root...but it still installed it to my root folder.

trickykid · 02-01-2005, 07:14 AM

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Originally posted by Snipersnest
lol when I try to remove it with rpm -e 200501110-winehq.i686.rpm it comes back saying its not installed... Not to mention I did install it as my user not as root...but it still installed it to my root folder.

rpm -qa | grep winehq

You have to be exact with the name in the rpm database. That command should list it for you as how it is in the rpm database. Then take that name and use the rpm -e

Snipersnest · 02-01-2005, 07:51 AM

Oh thats strange...I thought it would use the same name as the RPM I installed.... hmm I'll have to sneak home to give it a try in a bit :P

Snipersnest · 02-01-2005, 08:45 AM

[root@localhost ~]# rpm -qa|grep winehq
wine-20050111-1fc3winehq
[root@localhost ~]# rpm -e wine-2005011-1fc3winehq.rpm
error: package wine-2005011-1fc3winehq.rpm is not installed

What now?