launcher with two commands

daunbailo · 2015-11-22 16:29:12

hi
I use Xfce 4.12 on Xubuntu 15.10 and I need to launch those two commands at the same time:

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 start
and
sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start

I've tried with
"sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 start && sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start"
but without success.

How can I do?
Many thanks!

ToZ · 2015-11-22 17:37:31

Hello and welcome.

The problem with using sudo in a launcher command is that you won't have the ability to enter your password (if sudo is so configured). You can try:

1. Use gksu/gksudo (or pkexec) instead. These will prompt you for a password via an graphical dialog.

2. Fire up an instance of the terminal and run these commands in there - this will allow you to enter your password. A launcher command like:

xfce4-terminal -x "sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 start && sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start"

daunbailo · 2015-11-22 19:06:54

I've tried the 2th but it doesn't work: two terminal window opened but no password asked

Instead a launcher with just:
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 start
works: a terminal window is open, I insert my sudo password e the command is executed.
See my pic: http://imgur.com/y7Q4Dl5l.png

ToZ · 2015-11-22 21:06:14

Sorry, that should be "-e" if using quotes or "-x" if no quotes are used. So:

xfce4-terminal -x sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 start && sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start

...or:

xfce4-terminal -e "sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 start && sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start"

daunbailo · 2015-11-23 19:19:31

I've tried your 2 commands but, after I've typed the sudo password, only the first (Apache) is executed

ToZ · 2015-11-23 21:39:36

Hmmm.

Try this. Create another file with the following contents:

#!/bin/bash
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 start
sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start

Make this file executable.

Then from your launcher, run this script via:

xfce4-terminal -x sudo /path/to/the/script

Sideburns · 2015-11-23 21:49:13

If you're running the script with sudo, you don't need to put it on every line inside the script as the entire thing is being run as root.

daunbailo · 2015-11-24 20:18:14

thanks! creating another file with two commands it works. Even if I wanted to avoid creating a file for each launcher...

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launcher with two commands

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