File Browser with ROOT permissions

[Jonathan Kaye]

Jan Sneep wrote:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
> [mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com]On Behalf Of Michael
> [Robinson
> Sent: June 2, 2007 8:41 AM
> To: jan at azureservices.ca; Ubuntu user technical support,not for general
> discussions
> Subject: Re: File Browser with ROOT permissions
> gksu nautilus
> 
> root at ubuntu:/home/jan# gksu nautilus
> 
> (nautilus:10117): GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session manager:
> Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols
> specified are supported and host-based authentication failed.
> Initializing gnome-mount extension
> 
> Do I need to worry about this warning?
> 
> Jan
Hi Jan,
Try running the command gksu nautilus not as root, the warning may go away.
There's no point in being root when you run it since the purpose of gksu is
to prompt you for the root password. Running a gui type program, like
nautilus may have Xauthority issues if your doing it as root.
Cheers,
Jonathan

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