sudo nautilus

[umayado]

Good afternoon,

the situation is this:

I have to copy some files and folders to my file system.
Nautilus does not let me for i have no right to.

using the terminal and sudo mkdir/cp... would be an option, but might take just way too long.

after looking how to get my nautilus having accept me as its boss, i changed my su password (for it used to work before and all of a sudden it did not anymore)...

the only effective way i have found of controlling my nautilus, is by opening it through the terminal using

Sudo nautilus

i never had to use that command before to be able to write on my file system.(maybe i have unlocked it at some point in my discovery of linux)

what's more, if i type

Sudo nautilus

the only thing i get is this message:

user@ubuntu:~$ sudo nautilus
seahorse nautilus module initialized
Initializing nautilus-share extension
Segmentation fault
user@ubuntu:~$


thus in my case it is not that effective afterall..

how can i fix this?
thank you in advance!

[django0909]

Press Alt+F2, and type

gksu nautilus

You should have free range then

[umayado]

moreover,

if i "su" in my terminal and try to run nautilus, i get this message:

root@ubuntu:/home/user# nautilus

(nautilus:10827): GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session manager:
Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed.
seahorse nautilus module initialized
Initializing nautilus-share extension
Segmentation fault
root@ubuntu:/home/user#

i bet the answer is simple, but so am I.

thanks in advance

[meindian523]

I think it should be

gksudo nautilus

[umayado]

Press Alt+F2, and type

gksu nautilus

You should have free range then

thanks for the incredible quick reply, but nautilus will not show by doing that. it seems to be disappearing as soon as i hit enter (after giving my correct pwrd).

[django0909]

Both do the same as far as I'm aware?

edit: Try gksudo nautilus?

[umayado]

I think it should be

gksudo nautilus

thanks too for the quick one, but still no nautilus at all, not even the chance to give my pwd...

[meindian523]

yup,they do accomplish the same function,only 'su' is for rpm-family systems,while 'sudo' is for deb-family systems.

[avtolle]

http://psychocats.net/ubuntu/graphicalsudo on why it is wise to use gksudo with a graphical application, such as Nautilus, rather than sudo.

[umayado]

user@ubuntu:~$ gksudo nautilus
Initializing nautilus-share extension


user@ubuntu:~$ gksu nautilus
Initializing nautilus-share extension


but no nautilus coming up. (also with alt F2)

typing solely nautilus starts nautilus, but restricted