Network Manager Restart Script Issue

Question

I've created a script to restart the network manager using

#!/bin/bash   

sudo service network-manager restart

I've named the file network-restart.sh and ran

chmod +x network-manager.sh

to set the file to executable

I've also created a desktop file name Network-Manager.desktop and saved in it ~/.local/share/applications

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Network Restart
Comment=Network Restart
Exec=/home/elementary/Documents/Scripts/network-restart.sh
Icon=/usr/share/icons/elementaryPlus/emblems/16/emblem-insync-
syncing.svg
Categories=Utility
Terminal=false

The icon shows up in the Slingshot menu but does not appear to be executing the network manager restart command.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Answer 1

You have used sudo and the script keep waiting for a password. You must use gksu to open a dialog and enter your password.

Answer 2

well there is also another way you could do this ... but I am not sure that it is "proper" ... need to think about that

1. create your bash script
2. make it executable by ANYONE
3. sudo chown root:root {you script name}

at this point ... you should be able to run your script without a password prompt