How to execute a sudo script with double click

Question

I have this script to shutdown my system after 30 seconds. I want to run this script by double clicking it (that option I changed in nautilus). This is the content of my script

#!/bin/bash
shutdown -h +30;
echo "succesfull"
read -p "Press any key to continue... " -n1 -s

to make sudo script executable without a password I followed this answer and I am able to execute this script from the terminal without using a password (sudo ~/test/test.sh). The problem is when I double click the above script it's again asking for root privileges:

shutdown: Need to be root
successful
Press any key to continue...

What's the problem here?

make a .desktop file? http://askubuntu.com/questions/64222/how-can-i-create-launchers-on-my-desktop — Tim, May 22 '15 at 17:34
@Tim thanks but Is it possible to execute shell script (double click) itself without creating a .desktop file? — Eka, May 22 '15 at 17:38
possibly... But you may keep having issues. A launcher is the standard way to do it. The command can be ./path/to/script of course. I take it you've make the script executable? — Tim, May 22 '15 at 17:39
yes i made it executable and if i want to add it in a startup application (with additional codes) should we have to call the desktop file or the shell script — Eka, May 22 '15 at 17:41
To add to a startup application, you can either put the launcher in ./config/autostart or in another script, set to start by referencing the script. — Tim, May 22 '15 at 17:43

score 8 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 03 '16 at 02:28

You can make a conditional to relaunch the script as root if it's launched as a normal user.

To shutdown the computer:

#!/bin/bash

if [[ $USER == "eka" ]]; then       # If the script is ran as "eka" then...
    sudo $0                         # relaunch it as "root".
    exit 0                          # Once it finishes, exit gracefully.
elif [[ $USER != "root" ]]; then    # If the user is not "eka" nor "root" then...
    exit 0                          # Once it finishes, exit gracefully.
fi                                  # End if.

shutdown -h +30;
read -p "Press any key to continue... " -n1 -s

Simplified version:

#!/bin/bash

[[ $USER == "eka" ]] && { sudo $0; exit 0; }
[[ $USER != "root" ]] && exit 0

shutdown -h +30;

Very simplified version (not recommended):

#!/bin/bash

sudo $0          # Relaunch script as root (even if it's already running as root)
shutdown -h +30; # Shutdown the computer in 30 seconds.

To suspend the computer:

#!/bin/bash

if [[ $USER == "eka" ]]; then                 # If the script is ran as "eka":
    gnome-screensaver-command -a                  # Lock computer.
else                                          # Else:
    sudo -u eka gnome-screensaver-command -a      # Once it finishes, exit gracefully.
fi                                            # End if.

Simplified version:

#!/bin/bash

[[ $USER != "eka" ]] && { sudo -u eka gnome-screensaver-command -a; exit 0; }

Very simplified version:

#!/bin/bash

sudo -u eka gnome-screensaver-command -a

Note: $0 is a variable that holds the full path to the script.

Great thanks it works but can you just explain the if condition part a little bit for more clarity — Eka, May 22 '15 at 17:51
I think you should add an extra security check - make sure the user running the script is the user who wants to double click. system accounts shouldn't be able to access or use the script, IMO. — Thomas Ward, May 22 '15 at 23:26
@Helio is it possible to relaunch script as a user eka instead of root because i am also using this script gnome-screensaver-command -a to lock the computer but using root we cant lock a computer. — Eka, May 23 '15 at 07:47

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