How to install this app without root access?

[lavadisco]

So, my company has a new web-based VPN client. I go to a specified URL, log in, and then a Java widget starts and tries to install some stuff. I get this screen:

http://mohodisco.com/screenshot.png

It's asking me for my root password. I know how to set the root password, but I want to avoid that and use sudo instead. But as you can see from the image, the install is initiated in such a way as to prevent me from doing anything but entering my root password. And apparently my sudo/admin password isn't the same as my root password, because it doesn't work. And I can't access the executable from any other way. Is logging in as root briefly my only option here?

[wojox]

Is logging in as root briefly my only option here?

Go for it. What is your company running as a web server? How about you as well?

[wojox]

You could also try

# Right-click on the file.
# Go to Properties. And then the 'Permissions' tab.
# Check 'Allow executing file as program'. Say OK.
# Now double-click on the file the way you open any other file.
# That should install the application by running the script in .sh file.
# Follow the prompts (if any) while installation which should look the same as they look in Windows.
# That's it. You are all set

[lavadisco]

You could also try

# Right-click on the file.
# Go to Properties. And then the 'Permissions' tab.
# Check 'Allow executing file as program'. Say OK.
# Now double-click on the file the way you open any other file.
# That should install the application by running the script in .sh file.
# Follow the prompts (if any) while installation which should look the same as they look in Windows.
# That's it. You are all set

Thanks, but there is no file for me to right-click on. When I log in at the URL, the page goes out and grabs the file remotely and executes it. Viewing the page source does not reveal the executable URL either.

[wojox]

Try this RootSudo (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo#Enabling%20the%20root%20account)

[lavadisco]

That worked, thanks. I disabled it afterwards.

[wojox]

That worked, thanks. I disabled it afterwards.

Good job. Your Welcome.