No way to "open" files/directories with administrative rights in Nautilus
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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One Hundred Papercuts |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
nautilus (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Wishlist
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Ubuntu Desktop Bugs |
Bug Description
Absence of "Run As" in Nautilus makes it difficult to do many tasks especially for newbies. nautilus-gksu allows to "open" files with administrative rights but it's not installed initially. The easiest way to "open" files with administrative rights without nautilus-gksu is to run sudo nautilus from the console. However:
1) How does a newbie know that he/she should run sudo nautilus ?
2) I spent a lot of time looking for "Run As" or some other way to do administrative open through the menu.
3) Typically I: 1) find the file in the tree, 2) try to open it, 3) get an error, 4) open a terminal, 5) sudo nautilus, 6) find the file in the tree again and open it. It feels annoying.
4) A newbie could install nautilus-gksu ? How does he/she find that out ?
There is a menu entry for nautilus with admin rights in the gnome menu, but it's hidden by default. This wouldn't fix the problem but could dampen it a bit. I'd still prefer to install nautilus-gksu by default and/or spend nautilus a dialog similar to kde's GetHotNewStuff which shows all nautilus extensions and install them quickly.