Removal of 'Open as Root' option in PCmanFM

[UH]

Not for me. I like the possibility to find a file, e.g. modules, and
then, opening the folder as root i can edit it using leafpad (sure ypu
always can di 'sudo nano . . . ' , but it's easier the way it is. And
even as a simple user several times you need to edit a file which only
can be accessed by root access. I vote for keeping that option.

2012/10/29 Phill Whiteside <PhillW at ubuntu.com>:
> Hi Steve,
>
> +1 from me.
>
> Regards,
>
> Phill.
>
> On 29 October 2012 12:24, Yorvyk <yorvik.ubunto at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Over on the LXDE list Andriy has opened a discussion on the removal of the
>> 'Open as Root' option.
>>
>>>     Hello!
>>>
>>>     I would like to duscuss a function in subject. Starting a lot of GUI
>>> applications (including MS Windows .exe files, browsers, etc.) under root
>>> makes linux vulnerable to troyans, backdoors, not mention the cost of a
>>> failure of the buggy GUI application when it operates with unlimited
>>> privileges is very high. And 'Open folder as a root' starts all of this.
>>> Since such kind of escalated privileges (which is much worse than some
>>> 'sudo -s' which is unwelcomed and often denied by administrator) is such
>>> dangerous no other file managers have such functionality available for a
>>> regular user. And no regular user would ever need such functionality but
>>> only administrator of multi-user system probably. If regular user wants
>>> open folder as root it usually means something was done badly before (for
>>> example, missing a group for user) and that should be fixed at that place
>>> instead of opening as root. So I think this should be available only in
>>> 'advanced' mode, the same way as SUID and SGID changes are available only
>>> in 'advanced' mode currently. What do you think?
>>>
>>>     With best regards.
>>>     Andriy.
>>
>>
>> If anybody has any thoughts on this and isn't a member of that list they
>> can answer this thread and I will pass them on.
>> For  me, it can go, as it has with a lot of other file browsers.  If you
>> wish to browse as root then PCmanFM can be opened with 'gksu'. It will make
>> it that little bit harder for casual users to fiddle where they shouldn’t.
>>
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