Autostart Firestarter GUI on Boot?

Question

Since Firestarter GUI needs Admin rights to start, does it make sense to autostart firestarter on boot and how can i do it?

Answer 1

Addition:

With the following steps firestarter can be autostarted

1. Start a terminal with this command to edit the file /etc/sudoers

   sudo visudo -s

2. Add the following line at the end of the code (where username should be replaced by your Ubuntu username)

   USERNAME ALL= NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/firestarter

3. save the changes and end the editor

4. start these two commands (where username should be replaced by your Ubuntu username)

   sudo ln -fs ~/.Xauthority /root/.Xauthority

   sudo chown USERNAME.root ~/.Xauthority

5. Now firestarter can start on login without the password prompt

6. Finally you have to add Firestarter to autostart with the following command

   sudo "firestarter --start-hidden"

Answer 2

You can't start a GUI app on boot because it needs to be attached to a graphical session, the graphical session is only setup after you login. You could set it up to start when you login:

System -> Preferences -> Start applications

Add whatever command is required to start it, if it needs admin privilegs you may need to change your /etc/sudoers configuration so that you can start the app with admin privileges without asking for the password.

Update1: You can check how to edit the sudoers configuration at: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Sudoers There is an example there on how to allow to use the shutdown command without a password.