Windows "RunAs" Equivelant Question

[rickyjones]

No, it still should be "gksu nautilus". Just type nautilus, then go to the front (press Home) then type gksu (and space). You should end up with (gksu nautilus). The reason is that the icon will be automatically chosen for you, for the first command you type.

Ah, I misunderstood the last part of your previous post. Thanks!

[loell]

there are few ways to approach this problem like

*shortcuts - you are currently trying.

* nautilus actions? sounds interesting, havent used it

* "open with" but set it to "gksu xterm" in the properties


all of these, if you are aware, requires super user access, are you sure you want to give that power to your user?

[rickyjones]

there are few ways to approach this problem like

*shortcuts - you are currently trying.

* nautilus actions? sounds interesting, havent used it

* "open with" but set it to "gksu xterm" in the properties


all of these, if you are aware, requires super user access, are you sure you want to give that power to your user?

The shortcut -> Nautilus as root seems to work in my test thus far.

Nautilus actions is a little more difficult to test - I can't figure out how to get it to work against launchers (like from the Applications menu).

As for giving this to my users - this is for my own personal setup - along with pointing out a usability issue (in my opinion) to my fellow Ubuntu users. I should be able to open up a program as root without having to resort to a command prompt, or logging off.

Thanks for the help everyone! I knew that something had to exist, I just didn't know what to look for. I'm hoping to test Nautilus Actions a bit more in the next few days.

-Richard

[lian1238]

Nautilus Actions is pretty cool, now that I've tried it.

The way to configure it is using nautilus-actions-config. (System->Preferences->Nautilus Actions Configuration) or run nautilus-actions-config from terminal or Run dialog (Alt+F2).

Once opened, click Add. Label is what will appear when you right-click on a file. The Path is the command. For example, if the command-line version is

sudo sh /path/to/file.run

For the path, put "gksu sh" (w/o quotes). For parameters, put "%u" for filename (w/o quotes). You can also set the Conditions, so that the right-click menu item will show only for certain files, e.g. *.run

[oldos2er]

Install the package "nautilus-gksu". Restart X, then right-click on a file and choose 'Open as Administrator.'

[rickyjones]

Install the package "nautilus-gksu". Restart X, then right-click on a file and choose 'Open as Administrator.'

Thanks! So far that one is working really well too!

Any idea why I can't use these "Run As" options from the Gnome panels or menus?

Thanks,
Richard

[loell]

Thanks! So far that one is working really well too!

Any idea why I can't use these "Run As" options from the Gnome panels or menus?

Thanks,
Richard

because you can just right click it, and go to properties , just add the gksu at the beginning of the command.

[rickyjones]

because you can just right click it, and go to properties , just add the gksu at the beginning of the command.

I'd rather limit the number of extra shortcuts/launchers but this will work as well.

Thank you for the help!

Sincerely,
Richard