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Ubuntu Tip of the Day - How to open files as root user via right click

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 Want to have access to files as root via right clicking on them?

First open a terminal window and type:1.png

gedit $HOME/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/Open\ as\ root

Insert the following lines into the new file

for uri in $NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_URIS; do
gksudo “gnome-open $uri” &
done

Save the edited file

chmod +x $HOME/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/Open\ as\ root

Right click on file -> Scripts -> Open as root

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2 Responses to “Ubuntu Tip of the Day - How to open files as root user via right click”

  1. Draku Says:
    May 15th, 2007 at 5:22 pm

    Or you can simply type this in terminal and hit Enter :)
    sudo apt-get install nautilus-gksu
    Another great extension is nautilus-open-terminal
    For more goodies fire up synaptic and search for nautilus-

  2. Matt Says:
    May 15th, 2007 at 8:10 pm

    Excellent! Thanks Draku :)

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