[xubuntu-users] Open Thunar as Root?

[Tayfun Duran]

Hi,
I use the way below.
In the Edit menu of the Thunar, there is an User Customizable Actions
item. When you click, it will open a window. Press the plus button on
the right side. Now you can type the name like "Open by root", then a
description. And then command:
gksu thunar %d
Select an icon if you wish.
Then select the Appearance Conditions tab. Check only Directories.
Click OK. Click Close.
Now if you right click on a directory, there will an "Open by root"
context menu item.
Sorry for my english.

If you type command like "gksu mousepad %f" for the text files, there
will be item to open text files with root privileges.

Tayfun


2009/11/4 Jim Campbell <jwcampbell at gmail.com>:
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 2:59 PM, Pasi Lallinaho <open at knome.fi> wrote:
>>
>> Robin wrote:
>> > Hi, me again...
>> >
>> > I have some favorite wallpapers that I wanted to add to Xubuntu's
>> > collection but they were all "padlocked." Despite changing permissions
>> > for those folders I couldn't copy and paste them from /pictures into
>> > /usr/share/xfce4/backgrounds.
>> >
>> > I installed pcmanfm because it has an option to "open current folder as
>> > root," so I was able to do what I wanted. But I wonder if I missed
>> > something in Thunar. Shouldn't I have been able to move those files
>> > without having to use a whole 'nother file manager?
>> >
>> > And if not, will I totally bork my system if I remove Thunar and just
>> > use pcmanfm (rather than have two applications that do the same job)?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Robin
>> > (still excited about Xubuntu anyway)
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> You can open Thunar as root by pressing Alt+F2 (xfrun4) and running
>> 'sudo thunar'.
>>
>
> Actually, the command to open graphical applications as root on (x)ubuntu is
> gksudo.  This article [1] explains the difference between using sudo and
> gksudo to open an application that uses a GUI.
>
> So, Pasi's comment is correct.  Just use gksudo instead of sudo.  I hope
> this helps!
>
> Jim
>
> [1] http://psychocats.net/ubuntu/graphicalsudo
>
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