will alt+f2 sudo backlight-brightness <enter> work? On Wed, 15 Jan 2020, kaye n wrote:
> Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 12:36:23 > From: kaye n <guik...@gmail.com> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: I need to be root to run this script > Resent-Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 18:39:09 +0000 (UTC) > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Hello Friends > > I copied a script called backlight-brightness from the directory, > /usr/local/bin > of another GNU/Linux distro, > and pasted it to the same directory of my Debian system. > > If I run it in terminal, > kaye@laptop:~$ backlight-brightness > backlight-brightness: You need to be root to run this script > > Is it possible to be able to execute the script without being root? > > If it matters, in the other distro I would just press some key-binding that > allows me to enter an app name so I can run it, (much like in Debian where > I would press Alt-F2 which opens Application Finder and I would type an app > name to execute it) , and I would type in backlight-brightness and it would > open, no root needed. > > Thank you. > --
