From 5976b79b5e7e22c783fd3d6238f7967c50df9f41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fabian Hauser <fabian@fh2.ch>
Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2021 16:27:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add wsudo command

---
 .../fhauser/applications/scripts.nix               | 14 +++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/defaults/user-configuration/fhauser/applications/scripts.nix b/defaults/user-configuration/fhauser/applications/scripts.nix
index 0a8b434..4cb579c 100644
--- a/defaults/user-configuration/fhauser/applications/scripts.nix
+++ b/defaults/user-configuration/fhauser/applications/scripts.nix
@@ -59,7 +59,19 @@ let
     echo "Starting '$COMMAND' in env '$ENV_FILE'"
     ${pkgs.nix}/bin/nix-shell ''${ENV_FILE} --run "$COMMAND"
   '';
+
+  wsudo = with pkgs.xorg; pkgs.writeScriptBin "wsudo" ''
+    #!/usr/bin/env bash
+    #small script to enable root access to x-windows system
+    ${xhost}/bin/xhost +SI:localuser:root
+    sudo $1
+    #disable root access after application terminates
+    ${xhost}/bin/xhost -SI:localuser:root
+    #print access status to allow verification that root access was remov
+    ed
+    ${xhost}/bin/xhost
+  '';
 in {
   home-manager.users.fhauser.home.packages =
-    [ passbemenu threema-vpn threema-env ];
+    [ passbemenu threema-vpn threema-env wsudo ];
 }