{"id":1851,"date":"2013-10-07T08:31:08","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T08:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=1851"},"modified":"2013-10-07T08:31:08","modified_gmt":"2013-10-07T08:31:08","slug":"open-as-administrator-to-pantheon-elementary-os","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2013\/10\/open-as-administrator-to-pantheon-elementary-os\/","title":{"rendered":"Add ‘Open as Administrator’ to Pantheon in Elementary OS Luna"},"content":{"rendered":"

This simple tutorial will show you how to add ‘Open as Administrator’ or ‘Open as root’ to Pantheon Context menu in Elementary OS Luna.<\/b> So that you can easily open system files or folders with super user privilege through the default Pantheon file browser.<\/p>\n

First take a look at the screenshots:<\/p>\n

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open file as root in elementary os<\/p><\/div>\n

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open folder as root in elementary os<\/p><\/div>\n

Before getting started, search for and install gksu<\/b> from Software Center. It is a Gtk+ frontend allows graphical programs to ask a user’s password to run another program as root \/ administrator.<\/p>\n

Open files as root in Panthen Context Menu:<\/h3>\n

It’s a little different to Ubuntu Nautilus. Because I don’t know how to use if conditional statements<\/i> in ‘.contractor’ files, so I divided this into two parts: Open files as root<\/b> and Open folders as root<\/b>.<\/p>\n

1. Use your favorite editor to create and edit the config file. Here I use gedit (press Ctrl+Alt+T<\/u> to open terminal for running commands):<\/p>\n

sudo apt-get install gedit\n\nsudo gedit \/usr\/share\/contractor\/scratch-openasroot.contract<\/pre>\n
2. Copy and paste below lines into the file and save it.<\/p>\n
[Contractor Entry]
\nName=Open file as root
\nIcon=scratch-text-editor
\nDescription=open file as root with scratch
\nMimeType=text
\nExec=gksudo scratch-text-editor %U
\nGettext-Domain=scratch-text-editor<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
This will add an option “Open file as root” to Pantheon context menu, which open text files as root user with Scratch Text Editor (the default editor for eOS). <\/p>\n
Open folders as root in Panthen Context Menu:<\/h3>\n
1. Use your favorite editor to create and edit the config file:<\/p>\n
sudo gedit \/usr\/share\/contractor\/folder-openasroot.contract<\/pre>\n
2. Copy and paste below lines into the file and save it.<\/p>\n
[Contractor Entry]
\nName=Open folder as root
\nIcon=pantheon-files
\nDescription=Open current folder as root privilege
\nMimeType=inode;
\nExec=gksudo pantheon-files %U
\nGettext-Domain=pantheon-files<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
This adds the option ‘Open folder as root’ to context menu, which open folders as root privilege.<\/p>\n
Remember, you need a restart to get things done. Enjoy!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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