We're adding this functionality into Linux Mint so I had a look at it and I can confirm that this bug is still present in Hardy. Basically when a folder is open with nautilus-gksu this is what happens:
- A nautilus instance is launched on the selected folder with root permissions. - Another nautilus instance (which appears behind the first one) is launched on the user's home folder, also with root permissions. The code for nautilus-gksu is in the package gksu. If I was keen on debugging the C code I'd have a look at pthread_create (&new_thread, NULL, start_gksu_thread, (void*)full_cmd); in libnautilus-gksu.c (gksu version 2.0.0). I'll implement this as a script instead but here you go anyway if you want to fix this upstream. Also, in the French translation: msgid "Open as administrator" msgstr "Ouvrir en tant administrateur" should be msgid "Open as administrator" msgstr "Ouvrir en tant qu'administrateur" And finally... it would be nice for nautilus-gksu to use an icon. Now, I'm going a bit too far as I'm touching on off-topic things here but... this kind of functionality is quite powerful and there's no visual way to distinguish a root nautilus window from a normal one. I couldn't find a way to force nautilus into using a different title. Unless nautilus is able to look different for the user in this particular context I'd suggest to use another file browser. It's ok to edit a particular file or to launch a particular program as root, but having root nautilus instances without any visual hint for the user to remember is quite a risk to the stability of the system :) Good luck to the devs and sorry for throwing all these ideas into a single comment. -- open as administrator open folders twice https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/79110 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs