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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-#
-# Enable root access to x-windows system.
-#
-# Motivation: Trying to run a graphical application as root via su, sudo in a 
-# Wayland session (e.g. GParted or Gedit), will fail. Apps which use polkit to
-# request administrator permissions for just certain operations and only when 
-# needed are not affected (they are not started as root right away). 
-# [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1274451
-#
-# Based on a Reddit comment.
-# [2] https://www.reddit.com/r/Fedora/comments/5eb633/solution_running_graphical_app_with_sudo_in/
-
-usage() {
-    printf "usage: wsudo [-d] [command]\n"
-}
-
-# make sure there is an argument
-if (( $# == 0 )); then
-    echo "error: Illegal number of parameters." >&2
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-if ! type -p "$1" &>/dev/null; then
-    echo "$1 not found. Aborting." >&2
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-for cmd in sudo xhost; do
-    if ! type -P $cmd &>/dev/null; then
-        echo "$cmd it's not installed. Aborting." >&2
-        exit 1
-    fi
-done
-
-set -x
-
-xhost +SI:localuser:root
-SUDO_ASKPASS="`command -v askpass`" sudo -A "${@}"
-#disable root access after application terminates
-xhost -SI:localuser:root
-#print access status to allow verification that root access was removed
-xhost