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"Copy a file in a protected folder", you should be more clear.
From or to?
If from, then I disagree.
If to, then I agree.
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I agree with Eldmannen. This is a great idea, it would reduce the amount I use sudo nautilus by 90%.
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Matthias
wrote on the 10 Apr 08 at 19:17
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I agree. This function I'm missing always. +1
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knoopx
wrote on the 10 Apr 08 at 19:24
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Even more, every time you try to do a GUI-based operation without permissions ask for password.
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johno
wrote on the 10 Apr 08 at 21:28
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Being a command-prompt person myself, I haven't tried copying files via the nautilus gui - but I find it surprising that it wouldn't interactively prompt for authentication. Otherwise it kind of defeats the point of having the graphical file mananger in the first place.
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bryhoyt
wrote on the 10 Apr 08 at 21:46
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Eldemannen, sorry if I'm just being dense, but I really don't understand what difference it makes whether you're copying from or to?
Either way, I'd like to be asked for a password (unless of course I already have permission to copy in whatever direction I'm copying), rather than having to load up a command prompt.
I can't see how it would interfere with security, either; it's asking for the password, after all. Presumably this would be the same password it would ask for if you did the operation via the command prompt.
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I guess this has been implemented in hardy with new gnome file handling and policykit.
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I hope so. It's really annoying... And opening protected files... I added to "Open with" "gksudo xxx" where xxx is program to open file (ig gedit for text files and so on).
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Matthias
wrote on the 11 Apr 08 at 13:28
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I can't find this function in hardy.
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Jadd
wrote on the 11 Apr 08 at 15:39
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You can do this with just a GUI, sort-of:
Press alt-f2, type
gksu nautilus
That nautilus window and any windows you spawn from it will have root priveleges.
Although I area, it really should be the way you suggested.
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johan
wrote on the 12 Apr 08 at 23:38
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excellent idea.
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revzoe
wrote on the 16 Apr 08 at 14:50
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bryhoyt, the difference is, it's silly to put a password on something you copy from a protected folder, since yau can already do that without password. As for the idea, this is just one of many permission problems with nautilus, and definitely the easiest to fix. This should have been done long ago.
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revzoe
wrote on the 16 Apr 08 at 14:52
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bryhoyt, the difference is, it's silly to put a password on something you copy from a protected folder, since yau can already do that without password. As for the idea, this is just one of many permission problems with nautilus, and definitely the easiest to fix. This should have been done long ago.
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Great idea. This feature should be a default functionality.
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Should be default to ask for a password, instead of saying it's impossible to do because of password protection in all cases. Like emptying trash you don't own and other things i can't think of.
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Excellent idea, it would make things much easier.
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