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fixit

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Registered: 2015-01-19

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Thunar custom action not working

This is not working.

echo xx | sudo -S chown andy:andy -R %F

I want it change ownership of files from root to myself.

It works in a script.

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Jerry3904

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Registered: 2013-11-09

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Re: Thunar custom action not working

This is the one we supply with the distro, and that works. :

gnome-keyring-daemon -r -d;gksu "chown -R $USER:$USER %F"

A bit more complicated to solve the keyring annoyance and to generalize for any user.

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fixit

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Re: Thunar custom action not working

Thanks so much. :-)

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Skaperen

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From: right by Jesus, our Saviour

Registered: 2013-06-15

Posts: 862

Re: Thunar custom action not working

are you expecting the echoed value to be used?

fixit

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Registered: 2015-01-19

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Re: Thunar custom action not working

are you expecting the echoed value to be used?

It's not my real password.

But the echo has worked with other custom actions.

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Skaperen

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From: right by Jesus, our Saviour

Registered: 2013-06-15

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Re: Thunar custom action not working

you should not have to repeatedly enter your password.  properly configured, it should cache your authentication so that you enter your password just once and subsequent runs of sudo should not want your password.

ToZ

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Registered: 2011-06-02

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Re: Thunar custom action not working

But the echo has worked with other custom actions.

Try embedding it inside a bash block:

bash -c "echo 'xx' | sudo -S chown andy:andy -R %F"

...this creates a bash environment to run the command in. The default environment when running custom actions is not your regular bash environment.

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fixit

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Re: Thunar custom action not working

Jerry3904 gnome-keyring-daemon -r -d;gksu "chown -R $USER:$USER %F" worked great.

I forgot how to make a code section.

Last edited by fixit (2019-03-01 20:06:57)

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