Gnome File Manager - su ?

[philtesone]

is there a file manager for super user in Gnome, like they have in KDE ?

that's the only thing that's lacking right now. . .

[Hayl]

you su to root and then run nautilus --no-desktop

(you may have to run xhost +localhost as a normal user before you su)

it's not lacking in Gnome, they just don't provide it as a link in the menu by default.

you could also run it with gnomesu

put: "gnomesu nautilus --no-desktop" into your Gnome menu. you will geta pretty Gnome dialog box asking for the root password.

[philtesone]

ok
I'm very new to Gnome, don't know how to get around much

how do I add it to menu ?

(was using KDE all the time but would like to use GNOME more)

[Hayl]

open up Nautilus, and in the Location field type in:

applications:///

you will get a directory-listing type looking list of your Gnome Menu... you edit it similarly to the way you do when you right--click on the Windows Start menu and choose explore.

[philtesone]

I'm using Nautilus 2.6.3 and I don't see any Location field

on the top I have:
File Edit View Place Help

[Hayl]

run it in non-spatial mode.

nautilus --browser

to switch it to non-spatial permanently (if you prefer it):

gconftool-2 -s /apps/nautilus/preferences/always_use_browser -t bool TRUE

OR

to do it in spatial mode:

File | Open Location

enter "applications:///"

Click OK

[philtesone]

ok
as soon as dropline is done I'm there !

[philtesone]

ok
dropline is finished and quite beautiful I might add. . .
now I can run this as su:

nautilus --browser --no-desktop

which gets me where I need to go via nautilus, but I still don't git how to make it into an app link with su

(btw, when I run: gnomesu nautilus --no-desktop
I get command not found)

[Hayl]

install it then

http://sourceforge.net/projects/xsu/

[Hayl]

it's File | Create Launcher to make a new launcher - if you didn't figure it out already.

from there, it's the same as making a new start menu entry in windows basically.

[philtesone]

I get you, thanx!

except I get this when I ./configure xsu :
configure: error: Library requirements (gtk+-2.0 >= 1.3.1
libgnomeui-2.0 >= 1.96.0
libzvt-2.0 >= 1.0
libglade-2.0 >= 2.0.0) not met; consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if your libraries are in a nonstandard prefix so pkg-config can find them.

I'm tired anyway, I think I'll hit this tomorrow

[philtesone]

I figured out an easy solution

I run: /opt/kde/bin/konqueror
as su, and I get my 'explorer' style for easy editing