Administrative Privileges for the file manager on Ubuntu 10.10 & Below

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Published on July 26, 2010 11:16:54 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpOdC6_onqE

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Want to edit program files on Ubuntu?

Well, watch this video. And I show a great tutorial to enable that issue!

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Instructions

1. Open a new file to edit in the relevant directory:

gedit $HOME/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/Open\ as\ Administrator

2. Enter these lines in the new file:

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

3.Save the edited file

4. Make the edited file executable:

chmod +x $HOME/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/Open\ as\ Administrator