Re: [Nautilus-list] su like capability?

[Matthew Keller <kellermg potsdam edu>]

	Nautilus DOES do this when you're installing software off of its
"catalog". You could write a little applet than when clicked opened a
shell as root, or something.

Chuck Shunk wrote:
> 
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I'm new to this list, so please pardon me if this has been talked about
> before.
> 
> Has anyone considered a graphical equivalent of the "su" command for
> Nautilus?  It annoys me no end when I forget I'm logged in with my regular
> user account and try to modify a system file under Nautilus (or any file
> manager, for that matter . . . ) and get a little message saying I can't do
> it.  Wouldn't it be simple to have it come back with a box that says "In
> order to do this action, you need to type in the super-user password:" or
> something like that? (Something like what happens when you run Drak-config
> while logged in with a non-priviledged account, if you know what I'm talking
> about).  Or perhaps there could be a menu-item or button where you could
> switch user identities for the current instance of Nautilus, making it just
> like su.  Personally, I would love both capabilities to be there.
> 
> I've never hacked Nautilus before, so it'll be quite a while before I'm
> comfortable enough to implement this myself, though I think I will
> eventually.  I just thought I'd find out if anyone else had thought about
> this, or if anyone has any comments about my idea.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Chuck Shunk
> 
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