[feat] How to Run Tauri's Application in Root Mode

[zzpp515630]

Describe the problem

Excuse me, if you use the deb package compiled by tauri to run in ubuntu, it can be opened like GParted after installation, and you will be prompted to run with root privileges. Then, enter the password and run the program. Open in non command-line mode.

Describe the solution you'd like

Requires sudo to run

Alternatives considered

No response

Additional context

No response

[amrbashir]

Not sure what you want to be honest, could you explain more please? Do you want to forbid using your app unless it is opened using sudo from command line?

[zzpp515630]

For example:pkexec my application。My application requires root access to system resources. Want to start and access through a desktop shortcut. Applied to deb packaging method

[zzpp515630]

The current solution is to modify desktop shortcuts, but this is not the final solution。
example：
[Desktop Entry]
Categories=
Comment=.......
Exec=sudo /usr/bin/my-application
Icon=application-icon
Name=application-name
Terminal=true
Type=Application

[amrbashir]

• For modifying the desktop file, see [feat] custom .desktop file template #5176
• For requesting sudo access on demand in the gui, you need to use pkexec to open another process of your app that will have root then close the first instance or something similar see https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=999328#p999328
• or request your users to run the app using sudo

For more info see https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Running_GUI_applications_as_root

[zzpp515630]

Thanks...

[cosoc]

When developing some applications that require administrator privileges, we need root to run the software in our development environment. This is how I do it

The purpose is to let the sudo command maintain the current environment variables

sudo -E env PATH=$PATH  yarn run tauri dev

[xueweiwujxw]

This is my solution

[Desktop Entry]
Categories={{{categories}}}
{{#if comment}}
Comment={{{comment}}}
{{/if}}
Exec=sh -c "pkexec env DISPLAY=$(w | grep $(whoami) | awk '{print $3}') XAUTHORITY=/run/user/$(id -u)/gdm/Xauthority {{{exec}}}"
Icon={{{icon}}}
Name={{{name}}}
Terminal=false
Type=Application

with tauri.config.json

      "deb": {
        "depends": [],
        "desktopTemplate": "./templates/main.desktop"
      }

It works on Ubuntu 20.04