pkexec-guard
by Josh Kerr · ★ 0 · updated 10 days ago
Routes sudo in Bash calls to a password prompt the person can answer: pkexec on a Linux desktop, an osascript administrator dialog on macOS, and Windows sudo's UAC prompt on Windows.
Install
/plugin marketplace add joshkerr/claude-mods/plugin install pkexec-guard@claude-modsThen run /reload-plugins or start a new session. Requires Claude Code 2.1.287+.
What it hooks into
From an automated scan with claude plugin validate, not a security review. Mods run with your permissions; read the code before installing.
- Events
tool.call- API calls
$.env.get$.process.run$.ui.toast- Can see
Bash calls- Reach
- level 2 of 3 runs processesreads env varsdraws
Origin
- How it got here
- Automated scan of public GitHub repos, via the CC0 dataset awesome-claude-code-mods (scan of ).
- Repository
- github.com/joshkerr/claude-mods
- Path in repo
pkexec-guard- Source commit
2467a03the exact code the scan read- Author
- Josh Kerr @joshkerr
- License
- No license declared — ask the author before reusing code.
- First published
- Last pushed
- First listed here
Name and description come from the mod's own manifest. We link to the code; we don't host it, and it stays under its author's license.
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