From 0e933b77c3e4f780236e137124eae31d867a80ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joran Dirk Greef <joran@ronomon.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 18:37:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add a fallback to `which pkexec` on Linux

Fixes: https://github.com/jorangreef/sudo-prompt/issues/77
---
 index.js | 15 ++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 6226e37..7bd73c7 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -124,9 +124,7 @@ function LinuxBinary(instance, end) {
   // However, gksudo cannot run multiple commands concurrently.
   var paths = ['/usr/bin/kdesudo', '/usr/bin/pkexec'];
   function test() {
-    if (index === paths.length) {
-      return end(new Error('Unable to find pkexec or kdesudo.'));
-    }
+    if (index === paths.length) return which();
     var path = paths[index++];
     Node.fs.stat(path,
       function(error) {
@@ -140,6 +138,17 @@ function LinuxBinary(instance, end) {
       }
     );
   }
+  function which() {
+    // Operating system paths are not always predictable.
+    // Fallback to a best-effort search for pkexec.
+    Node.child.exec('which pkexec',
+      function(error, stdout, stderr) {
+        if (error) return end(new Error('Unable to find pkexec or kdesudo.'));
+        var path = stdout.toString('utf-8').trim(); // Remove trailing newline.
+        end(undefined, path);
+      }
+    );
+  }
   test();
 }