Ubuntu Nautilus Sudo Extension - Open as Sudo

Dec 23, 2009 · 1 minute read
Category: ubuntu

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If you use nautilus to manage your files (if you are using Ubuntu, you do) and you would like a quick way to open files with sudo rights, check out the nautilus-gksu package.

This extends nautilus allowing you “open as administrator” from a right click menu. This is a great time saver and a much better idea than trying to run nautilus itself as root.