Nautilus scripts (1 Viewer)

[Buickman]

Anyone know of any scripts that will let me run nautilus as root when I'm logged in as a user? Automatix had some scripts, however they've closed up shop and aren't making a version for Hardy. What this did was add some right-click options in nautilus with one being "root nautilus here."

TIA

 

[llama]

WIll nautilus-gksu work?

 

[Buickman]

I just installed it with apt-get, but how do you use it?

I did do a restart.

 

[Buickman]

Think I figured it out. Just run "sudo nautilus" in the terminal, right?

 

[llama]

Well that will definitely work, but the nautilus-gksu package is supposed to add an "Open as Administrator" [or something to that effect] option when right-clicking inside Nautilus. I installed the package and restarted X, but I still don't see the option.

I did find this page that explains how to make your own:


Ubuntu: Easy (And Quick) Ways To Open Any Files As Root - Make Tech Easier

 

[eaux-yeah]

Tried this?
http://g-scripts.sourceforge.net/nautilus-scripts/Execute/Misc/root-nautilus-here

g-scripts has lot o' goodies!

 

[Buickman]

Well that will definitely work, but the nautilus-gksu package is supposed to add an "Open as Administrator" [or something to that effect] option when right-clicking inside Nautilus. I installed the package and restarted X, but I still don't see the option.

I did find this page that explains how to make your own:


Ubuntu: Easy (And Quick) Ways To Open Any Files As Root - Make Tech Easier

Ok, I just followed this and it seemed to work (actually tried all 3, and step 3 tried to work).

3) Use nautilus-script

If for some reason, you can’t install the ‘nautilus-gksu‘, you can achieve the same function via creating a nautilus script manually.

In the terminal,

gedit $HOME/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/Open\ as\ Administrator

Insert the following lines into the new file:

for uri in $NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_URIS; do gksudo “gnome-open $uri” & done

Save the file.

Make the file executable:

chmod +x $HOME/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/Open\ as\ Administrator

You can now open files as root by right clicking on the file and selecting Scripts->Open as Administrator

The menu option shows up, but when I right-click on something (/etc/fstab for instance) and select "open as administrator" nothing happens.

Tried this?
http://g-scripts.sourceforge.net/nautilus-scripts/Execute/Misc/root-nautilus-here

g-scripts has lot o' goodies!

That script would work, but how do I make that a menu option rather than run it from the terminal every time?

 

[Buickman]

Nevermind. I figured it out by combining both.

llamakc's script created /home/tim/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/open as administrator.

I opened that, and added the script from eaux-yeah's link to that file;

foo=`gksudo -u root -k -m "enter your password for nautilus root access" /bin/echo "got r00t?"`
sudo nautilus --no-desktop $NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_CURRENT_URI

That did the job. Now I just right-click -> scripts ->open as administrator

and it works.

Thanks guys. And FYI, this was for Hardy, so it works with the new version of nautilus.