nautilus could not create the required folder error

[iceman600]

Im having this error when im trying to edit my root directories... First time happen to me. I have no idea what to do... Help needed.
thanks...

[ajgreeny]

As a general point, it is unwise to mess around with root file system unless you know what you are doing, and what the consequences might be. However to make that folder just run

sudo mkdir /root/.config/nautilus

in terminal.

Why do you need that folder?

[AlphaLexman]

Your personal setting and configurations should ALL be in your /home/username/ directory, symbolized by a '~/' double-check all your syntax and documentation.

[iceman600]

As a general point, it is unwise to mess around with root file system unless you know what you are doing, and what the consequences might be. However to make that folder just run

sudo mkdir /root/.config/nautilus

in terminal.

Why do you need that folder?

did that command still i got an error... i need to to something on the root directory and i cant edit any of them unless im on root... im accessing it by opening it as an administrator and im getting this error...

[iceman600]

Your personal setting and configurations should ALL be in your /home/username/ directory, symbolized by a '~/' double-check all your syntax and documentation.

it always been like that right?! i never changed anything regarding directories... i always do this... but now im getting this error... i dont know where the error is coming from?

[AlphaLexman]

Nautilus MUST have run as 'root'. The 'home' directory for root is '/root' you must be root to create config files as root. (YOU DON'T WANT THIS!)

Nautilus SHOULD store settings in /home/username/.nautilus when executed first by you.

Check:

whoami

[iceman600]

Nautilus MUST have run as 'root'. The 'home' directory for root is '/root' you must be root to create config files as root. (YOU DON'T WANT THIS!)

Nautilus SHOULD store settings in /home/username/.nautilus when executed first by you.

Check:

whoami

i dont understand... but i used to just right click a folder and run as administrator before... now i cant?!

[AlphaLexman]

i dont understand... but i used to just right click a folder and run as administrator before... now i cant?!

Why do you want to view/open folders as root? That is just bad practice. If permissions are set correctly, non-root users can read, but not write system and root files.

There is another user and thread here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1530801 going on con-currently. Please follow.

[ajgreeny]

Note all the warnings here already, but you can install gksu-nautilus to get the right click "open as administrator" option.

But you still don't say why you need to do whatever it is you are trying to do!

[iceman600]

Note all the warnings here already, but you can install gksu-nautilus to get the right click "open as administrator" option.

But you still don't say why you need to do whatever it is you are trying to do!

gksu-nautilus already installed... thats what im trying to do... right clicking the folder/file im having error.


im editin my host file and some default images... like in covergloobus.
i cant edit the root directory...