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I try to make desktop entry like in this post: Make desktop entry for app that requires root privileges

but when I modified line in my launcher:

Exec= /bin/sh "/usr/local/netbeans-11.2/netbeans/bin/netbeans"

to this: 

Exec=pkexec /bin/sh "/usr/local/netbeans-11.2/netbeans/bin/netbeans"

Launcher displayed only root password box and nothing else. When I'm typing my password and hit enter nothing is doing. What I should to change? Maybe I can remove "/bin/sh" to work launcher propelly?

DrupalSeb
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  • Why do you want to run Netbeans as root? – Kulfy Jan 09 '20 at 12:34
  • I'm editing files on localhost server. Some files have owner "www-data" and these files are forbidden to overwrite by Netbeans. Maybe it is possible to open, edit and save these files without changing permissions? – DrupalSeb Jan 09 '20 at 12:50
  • Doesn't sound right to me. I suspect you should be editing files outside your web space and then deploying them once you have them right. – Stephen Boston Jan 09 '20 at 14:03
  • Of course! There are only development instalations on localhost. In my workflow I'm watching changes in frontend. Now I'm customizing some drupal theme and drupal core needs "www-data" owner for files, but I need to edit some css and .tpl files. When I'm copying files it grab me some time. – DrupalSeb Jan 09 '20 at 14:58
  • Okay be crazy. You could put Netbeans into the www-data group and make it group writable. https://superuser.com/questions/646062/granting-write-permissions-to-www-data-group – Stephen Boston Jan 09 '20 at 15:31
  • Related: My answer on a similar question for XAMPP. – Kulfy Jan 09 '20 at 21:10

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