This feature would be very nice. But Ubuntu should at least offer an option in the file manager(s) to "open as root" like some other distros (plus a warning somewhere in the window that it's dangerous, like Thunar and Mousepad do when running as root).
Right now, accessing/editing system files requires using sudo in terminal (gksudo was removed so it's not an option) or adding custom actions/scripts to the file manager (and nautilus-gksu was also removed), which is not very user friendly. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/12154 Title: Nautilus should have a superuser mode Status in One Hundred Papercuts: Confirmed Status in Nautilus: Confirmed Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: For the following moves: 1. can't change permissions of a different user or root. WHy not implement sudo prompt* here, instead of just "Access denied"? 2. can't move files into directories with root control on them, eg., moving azureus from ~ (/home/user) to /opt or /usr/share. Again, a sudo prompt* should occur here. Moving files with the terminal is annoying. I think I read Red Hat is working on elminating the terminal recently as well... *sudo prompt because it's useful for us who use hte option "nopasswd" in /etc/sudoers :) http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65058: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65058 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/12154/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
