Execute visible shell script as sudo at login in the home directory

I have a script which works fine when I put it manually in the /home/ubuntu directory and execute it manually with the sudo rights (It must be run from the $HOME directory).

The script path is:

/home/ubunt/script.sh

..and looks like this

#!/bin/bash
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:maas/3.0-next
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y maas jq markdown nmap traceroute git curl wget zfsutils-linux cloud-image-utils virtinst qemu-kvm libvirt-daemon-system libvirt-clients bridge-utils whois
sudo maas createadmin --username ubuntu --password password --email [email protected] --ssh-import gh:wt-b
...

I want to make it run at login (once) and I need to see what is happening (a visual cmd line).

I've already checked the options with the /etc/init.d folder (and also the /lib/systemd/system folder where I activate the service via systemctl), calling the script via following command line

#!/bin/bash
gnome-terminal -e '/home/ubuntu/script.sh'

or without cmd interface visible

#!/bin/bash
source /home/ubuntu/script.sh

of but it fails and does only install some components.

Any ideas? Thanks

Strange need, to automatically install packages again and again automatically during login. Yet, you may have good reasons.

You can use "Startup applications" to automatically start up a terminal after login, which then starts your script.

1. Change your script and remove sudo. You will run the entire script as root.
2. Autostart Gnome Terminal, the default terminal emulator of the Ubuntu desktop as following: gnome-terminal -- sudo <path-to-your-script>

On login, the terminal will launch and you will see the prompt to enter the sudo password. After entering the password, the script will run and output will appear in the terminal.

When the script has finished, the terminal will close. To prevent that from happening, you could add the command "bash" to keep a shell (and the terminal emulator) open, or use a prompt such as

read -rsn1 =p $'Press a key to continue\n'

Okay so I found a solution with the startup task mentioned by vanadium.

But I thought I would make it a bit more explicit.

I use 3 Files:

Two are located int the /home/ubuntu/ folder

1. /home/ubuntu/init.sh

And which contains

#!/bin/bash
gnome-terminal -- sudo '/home/ubuntu/script.sh'

2. /home/ubuntu/script.sh

which contains the actual code I want to execute

#!/bin/bash
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:maas/3.0-next
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y maas jq markdown nmap traceroute git curl wget zfsutils-linux cloud-image-utils virtinst qemu-kvm libvirt-daemon-system libvirt-clients bridge-utils whois
sudo maas createadmin --username ubuntu --password password --email [email protected] --ssh-import gh:wt-b

...

And then We need to enable a startup application by putting a config file in the /etc/xdg/autostart folder 3) /etc/xdg/autostart/conf.desktop

Which contains following infos:

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=LordofSpaghettis
Comment=Spaghettis are good
Exec=/home/ubuntu/init.sh
Path=/home/ubuntu/
Terminal=true
Type=Application
X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true
Categories=Utility;Development

Then when I restart the machineof logoff and login again, I get a prompt to ask the sudo password. And then everything works fine. Thanks to vanadium for the help.