PCMan as Root

[Robbyx]

I have pcman latest version working in Ubunutu.

To run it as root they advise that I create a file in file-manager/actions (http://wiki.lxde.org/en/PCManFM#Run_as_root)

I have created a file /home/robins/.local/share/file-manager/actions/root_pcman

In it I have placed:

Desktop Entry]
Name = Open as Root
Tooltip = Open the folder as root
Icon = terminal
Profiles = on_folder;

[X-Action-Profile on_folder]
Name = Open as Root
MimeTypes = inode/directory;
SelectionCount = 1
Exec = gksudo pcmanfm %s

I do not know what to do next to open PCMan as root as the instrucions seem to stop at that point.

Could you please have a look at the reference above and suggest how I actually load PCMan as root.



Robin

[Robbyx]

Could someone please comment on my question because I do not understand how to proceed.

[QIII]

Please do not bump your threads any more often than 24 hours. As you know, this is a world-wide community of volunteers who take time from our busy lives as we can.

Please give the community time to respond.

[Robbyx]

I have got a bit further by following the advice at

http://www.howopensource.com/2012/10...-ubuntu-12-10/

and so I put the launcher file into

/home/robins/.local/share/applications

and called the file pcman_root.desktop

with its contents:
[Desktop Entry]
Name = pcman_root
Tooltip = Open the folder as root
Icon = terminal
Profiles = on_folder;

[X-Action-Profile on_folder]
Name = Open as Root
MimeTypes = inode/directory;
SelectionCount = 1
Exec = gksudo pcmanfm %s


Searched for it in Unity and dragged it to the unity launcher and it did not work!!

Any ideas what I need to change?

[black veils]

ok you have got yourself into a little muddle. it seems all you wanted was to be able to open the file manager as root. you can either run the command gksudo pcmanfm or follow that guide as you did, from what i understand the guide is to provide an option in the tools menu or right-click menu in the file manager, to open as root.

there is another way you can do this, and thats to copy the pcmanfm menu file from /usr/share/applications to /.local/share/applications. change the file name to "pcmanfm root" or something. then open the file in a text editor and edit the line starting Exec= to look like this: Exec=gksudo pcmanfm. actually changing the line starting Name= would probably be good too, check for other name lines which might apply to you, like for me there is default and en_GB line.

now you should have 2 menu entries for the file manager, one being for root only.

[Bucky Ball]

Why do you want to open it as root??? You want to be REAL careful doing that as you can cause SERIOUS breakage.

If you want to access a folder that won't open any other way, open a terminal and 'gksudo pcmanfm'. That's it. Do what you need to do and then close the windows pronto. You can also access it via a terminal by using sudo.

Opening any file browser as root is not a great idea unless there is no other way.

[vasa1]

Why do you want to open it as root??? You want to be REAL careful doing that as you can cause SERIOUS breakage. ...

+1.
All the same, PCManFM has the facility to open the current folder as root under Tools.

[Bucky Ball]

+1.
All the same, PCManFM has the facility to open the current folder as root under Tools.

You learn something everyday! So it does. Thanks for that tip.

[Robbyx]

Actually the latest version on the pcman website does not have the root option any more. I am using that one not the one in our repository.

[Robbyx]

ok you have got yourself into a little muddle. it seems all you wanted was to be able to open the file manager as root. you can either run the command gksudo pcmanfm or follow that guide as you did, from what i understand the guide is to provide an option in the tools menu or right-click menu in the file manager, to open as root.

there is another way you can do this, and thats to copy the pcmanfm menu file from /usr/share/applications to /.local/share/applications. change the file name to "pcmanfm root" or something. then open the file in a text editor and edit the line starting Exec= to look like this: Exec=gksudo pcmanfm. actually changing the line starting Name= would probably be good too, check for other name lines which might apply to you, like for me there is default and en_GB line.

now you should have 2 menu entries for the file manager, one being for root only.

I have followed your second route leaving the previous version in the files. If I double click the version in .local/share/applications it opens and requests the admin password. However I am not seeing the file in the file manager. What more should I have done to get it there?