Error on accessing root trash

[UlfZibis]

- Run Nautilus/Nemo with gksudo.
- create a file/folder in /root.
- Right-Click and choose "Move to Trash"
--> the file disappears as expected.
- some days later ...
- Run Nautilus/Nemo with gksudo.
- Click on Trash
--> error message: Content of »trash:///« cannot be displayed.

The files can be found in /root/.local/share/Trash/ or in case of external volume in .Trash-0/.

IMO, if user can successfully move files to trash, there should be a reliable trash access to recover or finally delete files.
Otherwise, "Move to Trash" should be disabled in case of gksudo.

[UlfZibis (ulf-zibis)]

I now have found out, that the root trash is working as expected, if nemo/nautilus is started with "gksudo dbus-launch".
So if not started with dbus-launch, the error message after clicking "Trash" should be changed to a hint, that the application should be started with "gksudo dbus-launch".

Additionally in Nemo, the action "Open as root" should be fixed accordingly.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thanks for it's not recommended to use nautilus or any other graphical application under sudo and not a supported usecase

[UlfZibis (ulf-zibis)]

I didn't use nautilus under sudo, I used gksudo, which is recommend in many forums and wikis e.g.: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo#Graphical_sudo

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

right, the point is that graphical applications are not meant to be used as superuser, it's insecure and leads to integration issue. There is ongoing work to teach nautilus to use proper mechanisms to do actions that require extra privilege which is a better way