** Changed in: file-roller (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix
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Dragging file from File Roller to root Nautilus fails
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/183659
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I'm not sure what you mean by Nautilus accessing the archive. A program
instance running as normal user cannot write to directories owned by
root, to which it does not have write access.
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Dragging file from File Roller to root Nautilus fails
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/183659
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Ok, it looks like PolicyKit could fix this, but can't Nautilus somehow
access that archive and extract those files into the chosen directory?
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Dragging file from File Roller to root Nautilus fails
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/183659
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I've confirmed this with some hesitation; I'm not sure whether it covers
a valid use case or would pass as expected behavior. I'll consult
others.
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Dragging file from File Roller to root Nautilus fails
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/183659
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Thanks for your report. This is to be expected, since the File Roller
instance running as a normal user has no privilege to write to
directories owned by root. In the future, this can be fixed with the use
of PolicyKit [1], giving the user the ability to escalate the privileges
of File Roller, Naut
