B4J Tutorial Ubuntu Sudo File Explorer

Here is a nice trick for those of you that develop with B4J for Ubuntu Linux which I found searching for my needs. This code runs a File explorer with priviledges of root. All you have to do is open Text Editor and paste in it this text. Then select filter 'All files' and save as f.e. sudo-files.desktop in the desktop folder. Be aware that the .desktop is needed. Running from this you can change the rights of files on the run without chmod in terminal.

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=sudo File Manager
Icon=system-file-manager
GenericName=File Manager
Comment=Browse the file system using sudo
Categories=FileManager;Utility;Core;GTK;
Exec=sudo open .
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=true
MimeType=x-directory/normal;inode/directory;

 

[Sandman]

Exec=sudo open .

I imagine this is a bit more generic:

Exec=gksudo xdg-open .

 

[hatzisn]

I imagine this is a bit more generic:

Exec=gksudo xdg-open .

Thanks. I will try it a.s.a.p. I am not a linux guy but I know how to use Google

 

[Sandman]

Here are two pages that might give you some starting information, good luck

difference between gksudo and sudo?

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xdg-open command in Linux with Examples - GeeksforGeeks

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Edit: Seems gksudo isn't available in the Ubuntu repos anymore, I haven't really looked into the reason. This thread probably has more info:

gksu removed from the repo's of Ubuntu 18.04 - Linux Mint Forums