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Open file manager as root?

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jeffneedle

deepin

2015-03-16 10:48

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How do I do this? I'm puzzled. I need to create a document in a folder that's not modifiable in the regular file manager. Thanks.

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oaker

deepin

2015-03-17 00:10

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jeffneedle

deepin

2015-03-17 09:40

What a pain! It seems to me you should be able to open a root-level file manager, like nautilus (it won't open as root from terminal). Having to use command line operations to do some simple stuff doesn't make sense.

Thanks.

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jeffneedle

deepin

2015-03-17 10:19

If I could just figure out what app is being run for the file manager, I could likely open it as root from terminal and get what I want. Right-clicking on the icon doesn't help -- other desktops display the command line associated with the icon. Deepin doesn't do that -- very strange.

Can someone just tell me what the name of the file manager? Thanks.

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oaker

deepin

2015-03-17 16:49

sudo nautilus

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jeffneedle

deepin

2015-03-17 20:26

Tried that first. Got this output in terminal:

(nautilus:19905): Gtk-WARNING **: Failed to register client: GDBus.Error

rg.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.gnome.SessionManager was not provided by any .service files
** Message: Initializing gksu extension...
Initializing nautilus-open-terminal extension

(nautilus:19905): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: /tmp/buildd/glib2.0-2.40.0/./gobject/gsignal.c:2462: signal 'slot-added' is invalid for instance '0x262a260' of type 'GtkMessageDialog'

(nautilus:19905): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: /tmp/buildd/glib2.0-2.40.0/./gobject/gsignal.c:2462: signal 'slot-removed' is invalid for instance '0x262a260' of type 'GtkMessageDialog'

(nautilus:19905): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid cast from 'GtkMessageDialog' to 'NautilusWindow'
**
ERROR:nautilus-window.c:1759:nautilus_window_get_slots: assertion failed: (NAUTILUS_IS_WINDOW (window))

Any idea why this isn't working? Thanks again.

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joejohnston3

deepin

2015-03-18 08:36

Same issue here and it is very annoying! I want to copy wallpapers to the wallpaper folder but it will not allow me to! If we are admin we should be allowed to do any changes as well as open as root.

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jeffneedle

deepin

2015-03-18 09:31

Please, developers, address this as soon as possible.

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joejohnston3

deepin

2015-03-18 09:54

Just a quick update: I installed PCmanFM and then ran it as gksudo pcmanfm at the terminal and was able to do the things I needed but they need to fix this so it works with the default file manager, nautilus and not require users to find a work-around.

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jeffneedle

deepin

2015-03-18 10:05

Excellent -- thanks so much for the solution!

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dl******ei@yahoo.com

deepin

2015-06-10 22:10

#10

they still didnot fix this???

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dqjl111

deepin

2015-06-10 23:11

#11

administrator is root, open as administrator

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dl******ei@yahoo.com

deepin

2015-06-11 07:12

#12

Edited by dlsensei at 2015-6-10 23:20

ok found it thanks.but nothing happen when i click open as administrator and enter the password?????

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bobo

deepin

2015-06-12 05:42

#13

Me either. @cxbii

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brendata

deepin

2015-06-12 17:55

#14

https://bbs.deepin.org/post/28388
Me either. @cxbii

Could you plz tell where you create the document? Please provide us with a screenshot for a check.

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bobo

deepin

2015-06-13 06:14

#15

Edited by bobo at 2015-6-12 22:20

https://bbs.deepin.org/post/28388
Could you plz tell where you create the document? Please provide us with a screenshot for a check ...

Any place. I tried /var /usr. I opened it as administrator, but I failed to create a new folder inside them.

Sorry that I cannot do the screenshot. Ctrl + Alt + A doesn't work for me when I tried to open the file as root.

Ps: I tired su in the terminal, The message was "su: Authentication failure".
I also tried" sudo nautilus", the message was

(nautilus:2933): Gtk-WARNING **: Failed to register client: GDBus.Errorrg.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.gnome.SessionManager was not provided by any .service files

(nautilus:2933): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: gtk-widgets.css:225:8: Missing name of pseudo-class

(nautilus:2933): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: gtk-widgets.css:2350:20: Missing name of pseudo-class

(nautilus:2933): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: gtk-widgets.css:2391:20: Missing name of pseudo-class

(nautilus:2933): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: gtk-widgets.css:2570:21: Missing name of pseudo-class
Initializing nautilus-open-terminal extension
** Message: Initializing gksu extension...

(nautilus:2933): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: /tmp/buildd/glib2.0-2.40.0/./gobject/gsignal.c:2462: signal 'slot-added' is invalid for instance '0xe76270' of type 'GtkMessageDialog'

(nautilus:2933): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: /tmp/buildd/glib2.0-2.40.0/./gobject/gsignal.c:2462: signal 'slot-removed' is invalid for instance '0xe76270' of type 'GtkMessageDialog'

(nautilus:2933): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid cast from 'GtkMessageDialog' to 'NautilusWindow'
**
ERROR:nautilus-window.c:2107:nautilus_window_get_slots: assertion failed: (NAUTILUS_IS_WINDOW (window))

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brendata

deepin

2015-06-16 18:00

#16

https://bbs.deepin.org/post/28388
Any place. I tried /var /usr. I opened it as administrator, but I failed to create a new folder ins ...

We are not sure the reason why "sudo nautilus" does not work, but you can try the command "mkdir" to solve the problem. Concerning the command "mkdir", you can search the usage on the Internet.

Plus, we don't know why you create a folder in /var /usr , as you know, it is not the normal operation actually.

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bobo

deepin

2015-06-17 05:50

#17