HOWTO: Easily open any file as root via drag & drop

[alexp]

23meg and Nis,

thanks for the nice script.

However, it didn't work for me and I modified it a little:

#!/bin/sh
### openas-root:
###   nautilus script for opening the selected files as superuser (uid=0),
###   utilizing the appropriate applications.

for uri in $NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_URIS; do
	gnome-sudo "gnome-open $uri" &
done

### end of file.

Without the "for" loop, it didn't work for me. Besides that, the "&" makes the script non-blocking and opens several files at once.

Maybe you want to add this to your first post -- other users seem to have similar problems (i.e. poyner).

Regards,
Alexander

[poyner]

23meg and Nis,

thanks for the nice script.

However, it didn't work for me and I modified it a little:

#!/bin/sh
### openas-root:
###   nautilus script for opening the selected files as superuser (uid=0),
###   utilizing the appropriate applications.

for uri in $NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_URIS; do
	gnome-sudo "gnome-open $uri" &
done

### end of file.

Without the "for" loop, it didn't work for me. Besides that, the "&" makes the script non-blocking and opens several files at once.

Maybe you want to add this to your first post -- other users seem to have similar problems (i.e. poyner).

Regards,
Alexander

Alex, Thanks so much. your adjustments worked a treat! Perfect! This tip should definatley be added to the starter guide...

[jonny]

Incredibly useful.

It doesn't just work for config files, either. Applying the script to a directory allows you effortlessly to browse as root.

[yusufk]

Thanks guys, this was really usefull, hope it gets implemented into Ubuntu by default!

[poyner]

Incredibly useful.

It doesn't just work for config files, either. Applying the script to a directory allows you effortlessly to browse as root.

so it does...awesome!

[XDevHald]

WOW!, that made it so much easier for me when I code

Fantastic work 23meg!

[Nis]

This has definitely turned into one of the most useful things on my system since alexp's changes. And now that I know I can apply it directories (many thanks to yusufk) things are wonderful.

[alexp]

Glad I could help . And kudos to the "gnome-open" makers; I didn't even know such an application exists on my box...

Regards,
Alexander

[segrewb]

I'm not going to pretend to be a programmer, but would the following work for kde?

#!/bin/sh
### openas-root:
###   konqueror script for opening the selected files as superuser (uid=0),
###   utilizing the appropriate applications.

for uri in $KONQUEROR_SCRIPT_SELECTED_URIS; do
	kde-sudo "kde-open $uri" &
done

### end of file.

Thanks in advance

Segrewb

[Toastermax]

ok Go to Applications -> System Tools and open Terminal
type :

gedit ~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/Open\ as\ root&

it will open a text editor like notepad/wordpad
paste into it

#!/bin/sh
gksudo "gnome-open  $NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_URIS"

click save, exit and go back to the terminal window and type:

chmod +x ~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/Open\ as\ root

et voilà

BTW thank you guys so much, it's so usefull and should be in the ubuntuguide TIps & Tricks, good work guys!!!

these directions worked perfectly for me. thanks.

is there anywhere i can get a breakdown of what that script does and how it does it?