HOWTO: open a file in Nautilus with gedit as root

[arnieboy]

we often need to edit files as root in a text editor. Now we can do this with a right click in Nautilus (no big deal about opening in terminal but what the heck!)

gedit ~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/gedit-root

Copy the following lines into the file and save it and close it.
Edited

#created by Arnav Ghosh (United States)
foo=`gksudo -u root -k -m "enter your password for gedit root access" /bin/echo "Do you have root access?"`
sudo gedit $NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_URIS

Then make it executable with

chmod +x ~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/gedit-root

thats it you are all set. Now right click on any file in nautilus and under "scripts" u will find "gedit-root"
click and enjoy!
U can even select multiple files and open them in gedit as root in tabbed windows just by right clicking and using this script. The possibilities are endless.

[manicka]

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

when I issue this command 3 different gedit files open

'open in', 'gedit' and 'as root'

Edit: Forget this, something went wrong with my copy/paste into the terminal. all is well now

[arnieboy]

cool. enjoy

[manicka]

cool. enjoy

installed okay and context menu appears.

Nothing happens though when chosen... sigh

[arnieboy]

installed okay and context menu appears.

Nothing happens though when chosen... sigh

I have edited the script. try it now. U will get a warning abt "this is not a regular file.. blah blah". just ignore it. if it can be opened by gedit, it will be opened.

[manicka]

not on my ubuntu box at the moment. I'll give it a go later

thanks

[manicka]

this works okay but I wasn't happy about the error messages

did a bit of searching and this script works for me without any errors

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

This will open any folder or file with it's associated program as root.

If it's a text based file it opens in gedit

[arnieboy]

i know abt that script but it wont open a .desktop file for editing in gedit.. for example.. my script helps open any text based file.. even executables.

[manicka]

Thanks for the explanation.

I think I'll keep both and use as necessary

[willis]

this works okay but I wasn't happy about the error messages

did a bit of searching and this script works for me without any errors

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

This will open any folder or file with it's associated program as root.

If it's a text based file it opens in gedit

that seems a bit dangerous doesn't it? opening anything as root, it harks back to easily installable windows virsus.