A app. to su in the GUI?

[edward1978]

Is there 1?

[proxima_centauri]

Yes. the command is gksudo for sudo and gksu for su.

[AlbertP]

If you are a KDE user you can use kdesu instead.

[edward1978]

I want to beable to change a file to executable in the GUI.

[proxima_centauri]

Right-click a file -> Properties, in the permissions tab check executable.

[edward1978]

Right-click a file -> Properties, in the permissions tab check executable.

I do, but it umchecks right after I do it.

[AlbertP]

NTFS and FAT filesystems can't save the Linux permissions. You can mount them with the exec.

[altair4]

I want to beable to change a file to executable in the GUI.

Right-click a file -> Properties, in the permissions tab check executable.

I do, but it umchecks right after I do it.

Is this a Wine related question by any chance. If it is then here's how to fix it: viewtopic.php?f=90&t=69668&p=402625#p402625

[AlbertP]

The problem is not Wine related, though it may seem to be Wine-related as Windows programs tend to be on an NTFS or FAT filesystem. The real problem are those filesystems, that don't accept the execute flag of the Linux permission system.

[altair4]

The problem is not Wine related

We don't know that. It depends on why he feels the need to set the file as executable.

If he is trying to run a Windows *.exe file in Wine then he will receive an error message that it won't run because it's not marked executable. But Wine itself doesn't care and cannot determine if a Windows file has a Linux executable bit set. The solution specific for Wine is to change the file association to bypass something called cautious-launcher which my link details.

If this was originally a linux file that's now on an ntfs or fat32 partition that he needs to make executable then that's another matter. He will need to configure mounting parameters in fstab that will enable a "view" of those windows partitions that make it appear to have files possessing the enabled execute bit.

My post was not intended to contradict your post. It was to offer a solution based on why he needs to set that specific file executable. There is no need to set all ntfs files as executable if the only reason is for Wine use.

Also, based on his description of the problem we are both assuming that he he's trying to do this on a Windows filesystem since it fits the symptoms. It could be that he's trying to do this to a file on a CDROM.

[AlbertP]

If I put a CD-ROM into my laptop, all files on it become executable. Linux executables and .exe files. Don't know why this wouldn't happen at other people.

[altair4]

I just brunt a part of my home directory to a CDROM and then inseterted it back to the drive.

All directories are mode = 500
All files are mode = 400