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gksudo if I try to do an action I don't have access to

Written by cope the 12 Mar 08 at 08:27. Category: Accessibility. Related to: Nothing/Others. Won't implement

This should only apply if the logged in user has an entry in sudoers..

If I try to create a new folder, and I don't have access it should prompt me for my password (gksudo), and preform the action. This should occur for copy/paste, and all sorts of other functions that instead we have to drop to the shell..

I mainly 'sudo nautilus .' when I need to do this, but its a little clunky, don't you agree?

Developer comments

To be honest, I really don't like this idea. The clear separation between "user data/permissions" and administration is a very strong point in Unix/Linux, and we should keep it. Providing a button for "give me a super-power nautilus" is too blunt, and subverts
(a) our efforts to provide the necessary administrative bits through appropriate UI (like NetworkManager),
(b) our efforts to provide more fine-grained privileges (PolicyKit) and eventually get rid of gksu, and
(c) leads into the Administrator madness Windows users have to endure.

I'd rather collect use cases why users need to run nautilus as root in the first place, and eliminate those.

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alt+tilda

Written by cope the 8 Mar 08 at 22:00. Category: Look and Feel. Related to: Nothing/Others. New

I also use a mac, and alt+tilda cycles through the current windows of the application that is active..

i.e. lets say you have 3 terminals open, and 2xfirefox and 1xevolution.

ALT+TAB cycles through every instance of every application.
Lets say I have terminal focused, if I ALT+TILDA it will cycle only through the terminals, and not every other window!

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