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authorErik Larkö <erik@mullvad.net>2017-04-11 17:02:57 +0800
committerErik Larkö <erik@mullvad.net>2017-04-12 13:28:30 +0200
commit24302c4273bd23e19ce61f8cccd55bb4671485ce (patch)
treeedb15cc67d0f47ddd124aed111ecb8494f99537d
parent7599c0b1009d1c188307f0c170a05fae80ababa7 (diff)
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Can start and connect to the backend
-rw-r--r--app/main.js17
-rw-r--r--package.json3
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/app/main.js b/app/main.js
index 9dfc6598b0..d57aea2a1f 100644
--- a/app/main.js
+++ b/app/main.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
import path from 'path';
import fs from 'fs';
+import sudo from 'sudo-prompt';
import { app, BrowserWindow, ipcMain, Tray, Menu, nativeImage } from 'electron';
import TrayIconManager from './lib/tray-icon-manager';
@@ -211,3 +212,19 @@ const sendBackendInfo = () => {
});
};
+const startBackend = () => {
+ const pathToBackend = path.resolve(process.env.MULLVAD_BACKEND || '../talpid_core/target/debug/talpid_daemon');
+ console.log('Starting the mullvad backend at', pathToBackend);
+
+ const options = {
+ name: 'mullvad backend',
+ };
+ sudo.exec(pathToBackend, options, (err) => {
+ if (err) {
+ console.log('Backend exited with error', err);
+ } else {
+ console.log('Backend exited');
+ }
+ });
+};
+if (isDevelopment) startBackend();
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9d6129c755..7729b34a9a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@
"npm-run-all": "^4.0.1",
"react-addons-test-utils": "^15.4.2",
"redux-mock-store": "^1.2.2",
- "rimraf": "^2.5.4"
+ "rimraf": "^2.5.4",
+ "sudo-prompt": "^7.0.0"
},
"scripts": {
"postinstall": "install-app-deps",