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How to open Nautilus as admin in Ubuntu 19.04
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We have been cautioned not to use sudo nautilus to open Nautilus as root.
Have not been able to download gksu for 19.04.
Have also tried to install nautilus-admin to 19.04 without success.
Is it still possible to right click a file in Nautilus and select "open as administrator" in 19.04?
What to do?
usb nautilus administration gksu nautilus-admin
edited Sep 9 at 17:14
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We have been cautioned not to use sudo nautilus to open Nautilus as root.
Have not been able to download gksu for 19.04.
Have also tried to install nautilus-admin to 19.04 without success.
Is it still possible to right click a file in Nautilus and select "open as administrator" in 19.04?
What to do?
usb nautilus administration gksu nautilus-admin
edited Sep 9 at 17:14
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have you also cautioned not to usesudo -H nautilus??
– PRATAP
Sep 8 at 17:56
Are you using 19.10 or 19.04? 19.10 is off-topic.
– pomsky
Sep 8 at 18:08
1
I am using 19.10, will see what happens with 19.04.
– C.S.Cameron
Sep 8 at 18:28
1
Possible duplicate of How do I start Nautilus as root?
– user68186
Sep 8 at 21:45
@user68186: With 16.04 you could use gksu to open nautilus as root, With 18.04 gksu was discontinued and nautilus-admin took it's place, with 19.04 nautilus-admin is not working I think I stick with the answer I gave on that page for bootable USB drives, but want to make sure I am doing it right.
– C.S.Cameron
Sep 8 at 22:53
|
show 1 more comment
We have been cautioned not to use sudo nautilus to open Nautilus as root.
Have not been able to download gksu for 19.04.
Have also tried to install nautilus-admin to 19.04 without success.
Is it still possible to right click a file in Nautilus and select "open as administrator" in 19.04?
What to do?
usb nautilus administration gksu nautilus-admin
edited Sep 9 at 17:14
pomsky
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We have been cautioned not to use sudo nautilus to open Nautilus as root.
Have not been able to download gksu for 19.04.
Have also tried to install nautilus-admin to 19.04 without success.
Is it still possible to right click a file in Nautilus and select "open as administrator" in 19.04?
What to do?
usb nautilus administration gksu nautilus-admin
usb nautilus administration gksu nautilus-admin
edited Sep 9 at 17:14
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have you also cautioned not to usesudo -H nautilus??
– PRATAP
Sep 8 at 17:56
Are you using 19.10 or 19.04? 19.10 is off-topic.
– pomsky
Sep 8 at 18:08
1
I am using 19.10, will see what happens with 19.04.
– C.S.Cameron
Sep 8 at 18:28
1
Possible duplicate of How do I start Nautilus as root?
– user68186
Sep 8 at 21:45
@user68186: With 16.04 you could use gksu to open nautilus as root, With 18.04 gksu was discontinued and nautilus-admin took it's place, with 19.04 nautilus-admin is not working I think I stick with the answer I gave on that page for bootable USB drives, but want to make sure I am doing it right.
– C.S.Cameron
Sep 8 at 22:53
|
show 1 more comment
1
have you also cautioned not to usesudo -H nautilus??
– PRATAP
Sep 8 at 17:56
Are you using 19.10 or 19.04? 19.10 is off-topic.
– pomsky
Sep 8 at 18:08
1
I am using 19.10, will see what happens with 19.04.
– C.S.Cameron
Sep 8 at 18:28
1
Possible duplicate of How do I start Nautilus as root?
– user68186
Sep 8 at 21:45
@user68186: With 16.04 you could use gksu to open nautilus as root, With 18.04 gksu was discontinued and nautilus-admin took it's place, with 19.04 nautilus-admin is not working I think I stick with the answer I gave on that page for bootable USB drives, but want to make sure I am doing it right.
– C.S.Cameron
Sep 8 at 22:53
1
1
have you also cautioned not to use
sudo -H nautilus??– PRATAP
Sep 8 at 17:56
have you also cautioned not to use
sudo -H nautilus??– PRATAP
Sep 8 at 17:56
Are you using 19.10 or 19.04? 19.10 is off-topic.
– pomsky
Sep 8 at 18:08
Are you using 19.10 or 19.04? 19.10 is off-topic.
– pomsky
Sep 8 at 18:08
1
1
I am using 19.10, will see what happens with 19.04.
– C.S.Cameron
Sep 8 at 18:28
I am using 19.10, will see what happens with 19.04.
– C.S.Cameron
Sep 8 at 18:28
1
1
Possible duplicate of How do I start Nautilus as root?
– user68186
Sep 8 at 21:45
Possible duplicate of How do I start Nautilus as root?
– user68186
Sep 8 at 21:45
@user68186: With 16.04 you could use gksu to open nautilus as root, With 18.04 gksu was discontinued and nautilus-admin took it's place, with 19.04 nautilus-admin is not working I think I stick with the answer I gave on that page for bootable USB drives, but want to make sure I am doing it right.
– C.S.Cameron
Sep 8 at 22:53
@user68186: With 16.04 you could use gksu to open nautilus as root, With 18.04 gksu was discontinued and nautilus-admin took it's place, with 19.04 nautilus-admin is not working I think I stick with the answer I gave on that page for bootable USB drives, but want to make sure I am doing it right.
– C.S.Cameron
Sep 8 at 22:53
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You may use the GVfs admin backend by adding admin:// to the beginning of the full path to your preferred directory.
For example launch Nautilus and press Ctrl+L to enable the address-bar, and then enter for example admin:/// to open the / directory or admin:///usr/ to open the /usr/ directory.
Alternatively, launch Terminal and run
nautilus admin:///
to open the / directory or
nautilus admin:///usr/
to open the /usr/ directory etc.
answered Sep 8 at 17:58
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With 18.04 we could right click and select "open as administrator" in Nautilus, is this still possible?
– C.S.Cameron
Sep 8 at 18:04
Not sure about that. This answer was written for the initial version of the question.
– pomsky
Sep 8 at 18:11
@C.S.Cameron You need to install the plug-in for "open as administrator". I'll reboot after this movie and try it out in 19.04 upgraded from 16.04 later to see if it carried over from upgrade.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Sep 8 at 22:46
@WinEunuuchs2Unix: nautilus-admin works fine for me with 18.04 but not with 19.04?
– C.S.Cameron
Sep 8 at 22:57
2
@C.S.Cameron I beg to differ, the initial version simply asked "How to open nautilus as admin in Ubuntu 19.10". It mentioned things likesudo nautilus,gksualong withnautilus-adminand did not explicitly asked for the "right click and 'open as administrator'" feature.
– pomsky
Sep 9 at 17:09
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You may use the GVfs admin backend by adding admin:// to the beginning of the full path to your preferred directory.
For example launch Nautilus and press Ctrl+L to enable the address-bar, and then enter for example admin:/// to open the / directory or admin:///usr/ to open the /usr/ directory.
Alternatively, launch Terminal and run
nautilus admin:///
to open the / directory or
nautilus admin:///usr/
to open the /usr/ directory etc.
answered Sep 8 at 17:58
pomskypomsky
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With 18.04 we could right click and select "open as administrator" in Nautilus, is this still possible?
– C.S.Cameron
Sep 8 at 18:04
Not sure about that. This answer was written for the initial version of the question.
– pomsky
Sep 8 at 18:11
@C.S.Cameron You need to install the plug-in for "open as administrator". I'll reboot after this movie and try it out in 19.04 upgraded from 16.04 later to see if it carried over from upgrade.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Sep 8 at 22:46
@WinEunuuchs2Unix: nautilus-admin works fine for me with 18.04 but not with 19.04?
– C.S.Cameron
Sep 8 at 22:57
2
@C.S.Cameron I beg to differ, the initial version simply asked "How to open nautilus as admin in Ubuntu 19.10". It mentioned things likesudo nautilus,gksualong withnautilus-adminand did not explicitly asked for the "right click and 'open as administrator'" feature.
– pomsky
Sep 9 at 17:09
|
show 3 more comments
You may use the GVfs admin backend by adding admin:// to the beginning of the full path to your preferred directory.
For example launch Nautilus and press Ctrl+L to enable the address-bar, and then enter for example admin:/// to open the / directory or admin:///usr/ to open the /usr/ directory.
Alternatively, launch Terminal and run
nautilus admin:///
to open the / directory or
nautilus admin:///usr/
to open the /usr/ directory etc.
answered Sep 8 at 17:58
pomskypomsky
42.5k12 gold badges138 silver badges167 bronze badges
With 18.04 we could right click and select "open as administrator" in Nautilus, is this still possible?
– C.S.Cameron
Sep 8 at 18:04
Not sure about that. This answer was written for the initial version of the question.
– pomsky
Sep 8 at 18:11
@C.S.Cameron You need to install the plug-in for "open as administrator". I'll reboot after this movie and try it out in 19.04 upgraded from 16.04 later to see if it carried over from upgrade.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Sep 8 at 22:46
@WinEunuuchs2Unix: nautilus-admin works fine for me with 18.04 but not with 19.04?
– C.S.Cameron
Sep 8 at 22:57
2
@C.S.Cameron I beg to differ, the initial version simply asked "How to open nautilus as admin in Ubuntu 19.10". It mentioned things likesudo nautilus,gksualong withnautilus-adminand did not explicitly asked for the "right click and 'open as administrator'" feature.
– pomsky
Sep 9 at 17:09
|
show 3 more comments
You may use the GVfs admin backend by adding admin:// to the beginning of the full path to your preferred directory.
For example launch Nautilus and press Ctrl+L to enable the address-bar, and then enter for example admin:/// to open the / directory or admin:///usr/ to open the /usr/ directory.
Alternatively, launch Terminal and run
nautilus admin:///
to open the / directory or
nautilus admin:///usr/
to open the /usr/ directory etc.
answered Sep 8 at 17:58
pomskypomsky
42.5k12 gold badges138 silver badges167 bronze badges
You may use the GVfs admin backend by adding admin:// to the beginning of the full path to your preferred directory.
For example launch Nautilus and press Ctrl+L to enable the address-bar, and then enter for example admin:/// to open the / directory or admin:///usr/ to open the /usr/ directory.
Alternatively, launch Terminal and run
nautilus admin:///
to open the / directory or
nautilus admin:///usr/
to open the /usr/ directory etc.
answered Sep 8 at 17:58
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answered Sep 8 at 17:58
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With 18.04 we could right click and select "open as administrator" in Nautilus, is this still possible?
– C.S.Cameron
Sep 8 at 18:04
Not sure about that. This answer was written for the initial version of the question.
– pomsky
Sep 8 at 18:11
@C.S.Cameron You need to install the plug-in for "open as administrator". I'll reboot after this movie and try it out in 19.04 upgraded from 16.04 later to see if it carried over from upgrade.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Sep 8 at 22:46
@WinEunuuchs2Unix: nautilus-admin works fine for me with 18.04 but not with 19.04?
– C.S.Cameron
Sep 8 at 22:57
2
@C.S.Cameron I beg to differ, the initial version simply asked "How to open nautilus as admin in Ubuntu 19.10". It mentioned things likesudo nautilus,gksualong withnautilus-adminand did not explicitly asked for the "right click and 'open as administrator'" feature.
– pomsky
Sep 9 at 17:09
|
show 3 more comments
With 18.04 we could right click and select "open as administrator" in Nautilus, is this still possible?
– C.S.Cameron
Sep 8 at 18:04
Not sure about that. This answer was written for the initial version of the question.
– pomsky
Sep 8 at 18:11
@C.S.Cameron You need to install the plug-in for "open as administrator". I'll reboot after this movie and try it out in 19.04 upgraded from 16.04 later to see if it carried over from upgrade.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Sep 8 at 22:46
@WinEunuuchs2Unix: nautilus-admin works fine for me with 18.04 but not with 19.04?
– C.S.Cameron
Sep 8 at 22:57
2
@C.S.Cameron I beg to differ, the initial version simply asked "How to open nautilus as admin in Ubuntu 19.10". It mentioned things likesudo nautilus,gksualong withnautilus-adminand did not explicitly asked for the "right click and 'open as administrator'" feature.
– pomsky
Sep 9 at 17:09
With 18.04 we could right click and select "open as administrator" in Nautilus, is this still possible?
– C.S.Cameron
Sep 8 at 18:04
With 18.04 we could right click and select "open as administrator" in Nautilus, is this still possible?
– C.S.Cameron
Sep 8 at 18:04
Not sure about that. This answer was written for the initial version of the question.
– pomsky
Sep 8 at 18:11
Not sure about that. This answer was written for the initial version of the question.
– pomsky
Sep 8 at 18:11
@C.S.Cameron You need to install the plug-in for "open as administrator". I'll reboot after this movie and try it out in 19.04 upgraded from 16.04 later to see if it carried over from upgrade.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Sep 8 at 22:46
@C.S.Cameron You need to install the plug-in for "open as administrator". I'll reboot after this movie and try it out in 19.04 upgraded from 16.04 later to see if it carried over from upgrade.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Sep 8 at 22:46
@WinEunuuchs2Unix: nautilus-admin works fine for me with 18.04 but not with 19.04?
– C.S.Cameron
Sep 8 at 22:57
@WinEunuuchs2Unix: nautilus-admin works fine for me with 18.04 but not with 19.04?
– C.S.Cameron
Sep 8 at 22:57
2
2
@C.S.Cameron I beg to differ, the initial version simply asked "How to open nautilus as admin in Ubuntu 19.10". It mentioned things like
sudo nautilus, gksu along with nautilus-admin and did not explicitly asked for the "right click and 'open as administrator'" feature.– pomsky
Sep 9 at 17:09
@C.S.Cameron I beg to differ, the initial version simply asked "How to open nautilus as admin in Ubuntu 19.10". It mentioned things like
sudo nautilus, gksu along with nautilus-admin and did not explicitly asked for the "right click and 'open as administrator'" feature.– pomsky
Sep 9 at 17:09
|
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have you also cautioned not to use
sudo -H nautilus??– PRATAP
Sep 8 at 17:56
Are you using 19.10 or 19.04? 19.10 is off-topic.
– pomsky
Sep 8 at 18:08
1
I am using 19.10, will see what happens with 19.04.
– C.S.Cameron
Sep 8 at 18:28
1
Possible duplicate of How do I start Nautilus as root?
– user68186
Sep 8 at 21:45
@user68186: With 16.04 you could use gksu to open nautilus as root, With 18.04 gksu was discontinued and nautilus-admin took it's place, with 19.04 nautilus-admin is not working I think I stick with the answer I gave on that page for bootable USB drives, but want to make sure I am doing it right.
– C.S.Cameron
Sep 8 at 22:53