Nautilus-gksu should be included by default in Ubuntu; better yet, it should be merged with nautilus package

[Luke12]

This is obviously a wish. Argument pro-inclusion: right now users have no way but resorting to command-line to open a file or a folder as super-user. This can be cirvumvented by using cli, of course, but it is far form an ideal solution.
It is obviously a risk to give such a tool in the hands of the user by default, but I think it is worth the risk. It is only a hassle, and advanced computer users who are however still learning the ropes in Ubuntu might be very annoyed, considering the provided solution is not obvious.

As specified in the title, the best solution in my opinion would be to just include the script in the core nautilus package. After all, it is arguably a core functionality of the file manager, and having it ready at system setup makes just sense.

[Greg A (etulfetulf)]

I believe this has come up before and is unlikely to happen.

For more details about why see http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/4347/

You may also wish to follow http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/12955/

[Pablo Castellano (pablocastellano)]

I don't think it must be invalid. It's another feature request and I think it's a good idea.
I cannot see where is the security risk that some people talk about since it will ask you for the password as always. It would only help you to save time opening a terminal, changing the directory and typing gksu/sudo <whatever>.
+1 from me. :-)

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug report. There is already a bug about adding a superuser mode to nautilus, nautilus-gksu will not likely be installed by default but that's something you should discuss on the mailing lists and not the bug tracker. The software has issues though and it would make easy for users to break things this way