pkroot

#! /bin/bash

# pkroot
#
# wrapper for 'pkexec runwithpkexec'
#
# Copyright (C) 2018  Alexandru-Catalin Petrini (alexandru.c.petrini@gmail.com)
#
# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the License.

# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,# # #
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>

# 'pkexec' must be passed the exact path location of 'runwithpkexec'
#  as mentioned in 'org.freedesktop.policykit.pkexec.runwithpkexec.policy' file
#  and 'runwithpkexec' must actually be placed in this location for pkroot
#  to work properly.
runwithpkexec_path="/opt/scripts/runwithpkexec"
print_help() {
        printf " \n %-5s\n\n" "Help: "
        printf " %10s %-40s %-10s\n" "" "pkroot -h --help" "Show help"
        printf " %10s %-40s %-10s\n" "" "pkroot [command]" "Run command requesting passwording"
        printf " %10s %-40s %-10s\n" "" "pkroot \"[command1];[command2];..\"" "Run multiple commands (as one) requesting passwording"
        printf " %10s %-40s %-10s\n" "" "pkroot '[command1];[command2];..'" "Run multiple commands (as one) requesting passwording"
        printf " %10s %-40s %-10s\n" "" "pkroot -d [command]" "Run command directly, where command is passed directly to pkexec."
        printf " %10s %-40s %-10s\n" "" ""                    "Usefull to bypass \"Refusing to render service to dead parents.\"," 
        printf " %10s %-40s %-10s\n" "" ""                    "when trying to run a process in the background, which pkexec does not allow."
        printf " %10s %-40s %-10s\n" "" ""                    "Process needs it's own policy file which decides if pkexec runs process as root,"
        printf " %10s %-40s %-10s\n" "" ""                    "asking for password or without password"
}
arg1="$1"
args="$@"
if [ "$arg1" == "-h" -o "$arg1" == "--help" ]; then
    print_help
    exit 0
elif [ "$arg1" == "-d" -o "$arg1" == "--directly" ]; then
    args=${args//$arg1/}
    pkexec $args
    exit 0
fi
pkexec $runwithpkexec_path "$@"