Comments on: Make a “browse as root” launcher in Ubuntu

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:40:02 +0000

open the files in a another program…easy.

By: Ted

Ted — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:41:40 +0000

@Bjorn: I just found your reply — thanks!! This works just the way I wanted it to.

Note to ‘others’: After installing it, you’ll need to log out and log back in for the right-click menu item to appear.

By: Lawrence

Lawrence — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:41:00 +0000

Thanks for this nifty idea! I was able to delete an unwanted file that I had accidentally created while learning how to work with files in Ubuntu 9.04.

By: Bjørn

Bjørn — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:27:20 +0000

For Ted (and others): “Open Terminal Here”-functionality can be achieved in Ubuntu easily with ’sudo apt-get install nautilus-open-terminal’

By: ugm6hr

ugm6hr — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 12:19:53 +0000

@Ted:
This is very easily achieved in thunar (Xfce file manager) using the custom actions. One of the reasons I prefer Xfce. The same can be done using nautilus scripts in Gnome – try googling for examples.

By: Ted

Ted — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:17:35 +0000

What *I* would like to see added to Ubuntu is a Linux version of the Windows Power Tools add-in that lets you pop-up on a folder in the file browser and pick “Command Prompt Here” — which, in Linux, would be something like “Open Terminal Here”…

Doing so would open a Terminal window and auto-execute the necessary ‘cd’ string to make your pwd become the folder you had right-clicked on. Very useful, especially if you’ve drilled down a ways in the file system to find something that you then want to do something with.

By: WindowsExpert

WindowsExpert — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:12:12 +0000

Thank you. I’ve needed this for a long time.

By: marco P

marco P — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 07:39:13 +0000

I prefer
[ctrl]+[alt]+N

By: Ted

Ted — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:03:55 +0000

Alar, I think you’re correct… I’ve since installed it on other machines and after the (I believe) 5-minute interval, it does require me to re-authenticate.

By: Alar

Alar — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:58:44 +0000

You just authenticated yourself before launching synaptic. Sudo autentication is cached for a short while, so if you already gave your password in the last “n” minutes (I cant remember right exactly how many) you are not asked again