Add "Open as root" option in Nautilus

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Add "Open as root" option in Nautilus

Written by Rob
Monday, 02 April 2007
If you want to add right click option in nautilus to open as root do this in terminal Code: gedit $HOME/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/Open\ as\ root Paste the following into the new file Code: for uri in $NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_URIS; do gksudo "gnome-open $uri" & done and run this in the terminal Code: chmod +x $HOME/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/Open\ as\ root Now you can right click on file and choose scripts - open as root
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 07 August 2007 )