macOS Graphical sudo for terminal

[Lumio]

Hello, I want to create a bash-script but need to authorize the action I want to do. Is there something like gksudo for mac os x?

Thanks 🙂

 

[Sayer]

Yes, its called sudo.

 

[balamw]

This might be more along the lines of what you are looking for.

http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/14635/privileged-exec

You can call AppleScript from bash using osascript.

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[KnightWRX]

Found this after a Google search for "graphical sudo OS X" :

http://www.performantdesign.com/2009/10/26/cocoasudo-a-graphical-cocoa-based-alternative-to-sudo/

You did look on Google right OP ? 😉

 

[Hansr]

I don't see why this is needed, just lunch the binary with sudo.

E.g.
sudo /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit

 

[KnightWRX]

I don't see why this is needed, just lunch the binary with sudo.

E.g.
sudo /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit

I get why he does. He wants the script to launch from Finder and not pop-up Terminal to a user.

A graphical sudo does a good job of this. This is exactly why Gnome/KDE both have graphical versions of sudo, so the user never sees the "cli" and doesn't have to type anything.

 

[balamw]

Found this after a Google search for "graphical sudo OS X"

Or even "gksudo for OS X" which leads to cocoasudo via stackoverflow.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1517183/is-there-any-graphical-sudo-for-mac-os-x

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[Lumio]

Hello and thanks for your replies... yes I googled and yes I already found cocoasudo 🙂 thanks by that... but the problem with cocoasudo is, that I need to compile it by myself... I need something, what is buildt-in.

Thanks for everyones reply.

 

[balamw]

I need something, what is buildt-in.

The AppleScript approach seems to (mostly) fit that bill.

FWIW it would be helpful to tell us you had seen it and why it wouldn't work up front.

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