Gksu in 14.04?

[W Scott Lockwood III]

On Wed, 2014-08-06 at 11:59 -0700, MR ZenWiz wrote:
> You can do that, but a better option is probably to su to root (or
> sudo -i) and run nautilus from there.
> 
> I use Xubuntu, so my file manager is thunar, and it has the same
> problem you mentioned.  I have no trouble running synaptic with
> pkexec, so I suspect the file managers have a more intimate
> relationship with the display than some other GUI programs.
> 
> So, YMMV.
> 
> I have to wonder though why you would want to run the file manager as
> root.
> 
> HTH.
> MR

The problem with this solution is that it can mess up file ownership in
the users home directory.

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William Scott Lockwood III