How to add "Open Terminal here" and "execute with sudo" to Thunar?

pstein · 2020-02-10 11:56:13

How can I add "Open Terminal here" to the context menu of folders in Thunar FileEpxlorer?

How can I add "execute with sudo" to the context menu of (executable) files in execute FileExplorer?
That means if I right click in the right pane of Thunar onto e.g. a *.sh file then this shell script should be executed with sudo rights
just as if I entered the corresponding command in terminal.

Is there another, alternative File Explorer which has these context menus already built-in/preinstalled (after installation)?

Peter

Last edited by pstein (2020-02-10 11:57:38)

ToZ · 2020-02-10 12:25:03

"Open Terminal Here" should be part of Thunar already. Which distro and which version of Thunar are you running?
There are some example thunar custom actions listed here. (Note: if using a newer distros, you should replace "gksu" with "pkexec", but you'll need the proper polkit config file in place first)

As for the Run as Root entry directly on a .sh file, create a custom action that looks like this:
Name = Run as Root
Description = Run as root
Command = gksu "xfce4-terminal -x %f"
Appearance Conditions = "Other files' checked and File Pattern = *.sh

Note: you can use pkexec instead:

pkexec xfce4-terminal -x %f

...of gksu but you need to have a proper policykit config file in place:
/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.xfce.xfce4-terminal.policy

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE policyconfig PUBLIC
 "-//freedesktop//DTD PolicyKit Policy Configuration 1.0//EN"
 "http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/PolicyKit/1/policyconfig.dtd">
<policyconfig>

  

 <vendor>xfce4-terminal</vendor>
 <vendor_url>https://xfce.org/</vendor_url>
 <icon_name>utilities-terminal</icon_name>


 <action id="org.xfce.xfce4-terminal">
 
 <description>Run xfce4-terminal as root</description>
 <message>Authentication is required to run xfce4-terminal as root.</message>
 <defaults>
 <allow_any>no</allow_any>
 <allow_inactive>auth_admin</allow_inactive>
 <allow_active>auth_admin</allow_active>
 </defaults>
 <annotate key="org.freedesktop.policykit.exec.path">/usr/bin/xfce4-terminal</annotate>
 <annotate key="org.freedesktop.policykit.exec.allow_gui">true</annotate>
 </action>

</policyconfig>

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#1 2020-02-10 11:56:13

How to add "Open Terminal here" and "execute with sudo" to Thunar?

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Re: How to add "Open Terminal here" and "execute with sudo" to Thunar?

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