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D.dave

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Registered: 2019-12-06

Posts: 92

[SOLVED] Custom action which works only on Desktop and not in Thunar

In Thunar, I made a custom action to set root as owner of the files which I want them set to root owner; this is the custom action:

pkexec /usr/bin/chown root %f

If I made a file on Desktop and I run the custom action, works as expected (pkexec asks me to type the password); if I execute this custom action inside Thunar, nothing happens.
Why?

EDIT:
In the meantime I made a bash script which I added to sudoers file, and I prefix the script with sudo instead of pkexec, but remains the fact that pkexec won't execute inside Thunar, while on the Desktop is ok.

Last edited by D.dave (2025-02-19 09:27:17)

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ToZ

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From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 11,816

Re: [SOLVED] Custom action which works only on Desktop and not in Thunar

What version of thunar? It works for me with 4.20.

Also look at ~/.xsession-errors (if you have the file) and journalctl for any error messages when you try to run it with thunar.

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D.dave

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Registered: 2019-12-06

Posts: 92

Re: [SOLVED] Custom action which works only on Desktop and not in Thunar

Hi ToZ, I'm on Thunar 4.20.2.
However: I did a logout/login and now works as expected.

Thank you anyway for the attempt to help me.

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OS: Manjaro x86_64
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