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Xi0N

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From: Bilbao - Spain

Registered: 2007-11-29

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[AUTO-SOLVED] Run an app as privileged user

Im preparing a package for an app that uses libpcap and requires administrative rights to run properly.
Currently, the .desktop file for launching this app contains something like this:

gksudo mono /foo/bar/app.exe

But it looks like in the moment the app is going to make use of the libpcap library, the rights get lost and the app just force closes...

I don't know if this is the best procedure for doing so, but certainly, if i run from a terminal:

sudo mono /foo/bar/app.exe

I get the expected results and behaviour....

Can anyone help me?

EDIT: Looks like I found the source of the issue.
If i want to run this app from console, i first have to cd inside of the same dire the .exe is located... so, how to put this into a .desktop file?

Thanks

EDIT #2:
Path=/foo/bar

inside the .desktop file ...... this did the trick

Thanks!!!

Last edited by Xi0N (2011-12-13 23:12:53)