How to run a .jar with admin privileges?

Question

I am attempting to open a .jar file with java 8 but it gives me an error message asking for admin privileges:

Please start the Authenticator with admin privileges

I am completely new to this type of issue, so my first reaction was to run sudo java -jar /home/sethlord/Downloads/Authenticator/Authenticator.jar in a terminal, but it gave me the same error message. Any fix?

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 09 '16 at 14:41

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The classical method would be ...

sudo -i
java -jar /home/sethlord/Downloads/Authenticator/Authenticator.jar

If you really really need "root"

sudo -su
java -jar /home/sethlord/Downloads/Authenticator/Authenticator.jar

But try to avoid that since it logs notices to user "root" and not the "sudo" account.

answered Sep 09 '16 at 14:41

Rinzwind

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I tried both of these, it simply gave the the same error message – Lokii Sep 09 '16 at 14:50
Java is cross-platform. So it shouldn't matter. – You'reAGitForNotUsingGit Sep 09 '16 at 14:53
where did you download it from @lokii google search did not get me a result :P – Rinzwind Sep 09 '16 at 14:58
https://mcleaks.net/authenticator maybe my mistake is really obvious, but like i said, im a noob – Lokii Sep 09 '16 at 15:18
"Open the "MCLeaks Authenticator" folder and run following file: - Windows users: MCLeaksAuthenticator.exe - OSX users: Run Authenticator.command" You picked the windows or the Mac OS version? – Rinzwind Sep 09 '16 at 17:09

How to run a .jar with admin privileges?

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