Want to open folder or edit file as administrator (aka root in Linux)? Here’s how to do the trick by adding menu option in Ubuntu 22.04 file manager. The ‘Files’ (aka nautilus) has an extension called nautilus-admin to do administrative operations. With it, you may right-click on folder and select “Open as Administrator“, or right-click… Continue reading [Quick Tip] Enable ‘Open as Administrator’ Option in Ubuntu 22.04
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[Quick Tip] Add ‘Open as Administrator’ in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
This simple tutorial shows how to add ‘Open as Administrator‘ option to file browser right-click menu in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Need to open or edit files with Administrator (root) user privilege directly from file browser in Ubuntu desktop? There’s an extension nautilus-admin can do the job in the default Gnome desktop. 1. Open terminal by… Continue reading [Quick Tip] Add ‘Open as Administrator’ in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Enable ‘Open as Admin (Root)’ in Ubuntu 19.10 Nautilus
This tutorial shows beginners how to add ‘Open as Administrator’ option in Nautilus file browser context menu (right-click menu) in Ubuntu 19.10. Want to open a file folder and/or edit a file via root user account? Without running Linux command, you can do this by adding ‘Open as Administrator‘ or ‘Edit as Administrator‘ right-click menu… Continue reading Enable ‘Open as Admin (Root)’ in Ubuntu 19.10 Nautilus
Enable “Open as Admin” in Nautilus File Browser
It’s been a long time last time I wrote about how to enable “Open as root” or “Open as Administrator” in Nautilus’ context menu. A Nautilus extension called Nautilus Admin has been created for a period of time. It’s a simply Python script that adds some administrative actions to the right-click menu: Open as Administrator:… Continue reading Enable “Open as Admin” in Nautilus File Browser
Ubuntu 14.04: Add ‘Open As Root/Administrator’ to Context Menu
This simple tutorial will show you how to add ‘Open As Root’ or ‘Open As Administrator’ option to context menu so that you can easily edit / open file folders as super user privilege within Nautilus file browser. [ac-box style=”tip”]There’s now a Nautilus extension (see the link) adds administrative actions to Nautilus context menu.… Continue reading Ubuntu 14.04: Add ‘Open As Root/Administrator’ to Context Menu