{"id":38553,"date":"2022-04-09T15:07:34","date_gmt":"2022-04-09T15:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=38553"},"modified":"2022-04-09T15:07:34","modified_gmt":"2022-04-09T15:07:34","slug":"open-as-administrator-ubuntu-22-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2022\/04\/open-as-administrator-ubuntu-22-04\/","title":{"rendered":"[Quick Tip] Enable ‘Open as Administrator’ Option in Ubuntu 22.04"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Want to open folder or edit file as administrator (aka root<\/i> in Linux)? Here’s how to do the trick by adding menu option in Ubuntu 22.04 file manager.<\/p>\n

The ‘Files’ (aka nautilus) has an extension called nautilus-admin<\/code> to do administrative operations. With it, you may right-click on folder and select “Open as Administrator<\/i>“, or right-click on file and select “Edit as Administrator<\/i>“. <\/p>\n

Don’t like MS Windows, it however does not support running an app as root.<\/p>\n

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1. Open Terminal<\/h4>\n

Firstly, open terminal either by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> key combination on keyboard, or by searching from the ‘Activities’ overview screen.<\/p>\n

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2. Install nautilus-admin<\/h4>\n

When the terminal opens, paste the command below into it and hit Enter.<\/p>\n

sudo apt install nautilus-admin<\/pre>\n
Type user password (no asterisk feedback) for sudo authentication and hit Enter to continue.<\/i><\/p>\n
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3. Apply change<\/h4>\n
Once installed the extension, you need to restart the file manager to apply change. <\/p>\n
Not just close and re-open the file manager window, but you need to run command to quit the background service and let it start again automatically:<\/p>\n
nautilus -q<\/pre>\n
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That’s all. Enjoy!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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