Kubuntu 6.06 , Firefox. install

Nikolai psalmos at swissinfo.org
Sun Sep 24 08:30:35 UTC 2006


Rein A. Smit wrote:

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> I have worked in a version of KDE where one had a file manager that
> one could run with root privileges ( super Kfile or something like it )
> It would let you move, copy, etc. files at root. Have not been able
> to find that capability in Kubuntu. Does it exist?

Yes, you just have to launch your file browser (whatever that is you
want to use as such) with root privileges, e.g. to use Nautilus with
root privileges, you would execute:

sudo nautilus

Obviously you must keep in mind mistakes could be lethal when you are root.

Nikolai




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