[Thunar-dev] Feature request: superuser mode

[N. Volbers]

Hi Kresimir,

Kresimir Spes schrieb:
> yeah, that would be a great feature!
> 
> meanwhile, you can create a custom action with this command:
> 
> gksu thunar %d
> 
Works great. So basically my request is reduced to the request for a 
warning that is displayed, if you  run thunar as root user.

Niklas.



> *---*
> *Krešimir Špes*
> Cateia Games <http://games.cateia.com>
> Lead programmer
> 
> 
> N. Volbers wrote:
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> first of all, thanks for this wonderful and fast file manager!
>>
>> I was looking at an alternative gtk filemanager, pcmanfm, and noticed on 
>> their screenshot page (on the very bottom) a nice-looking superuser 
>> mode, see http://pcmanfm.sourceforge.net/screenshots.html .
>>
>> Such a mode would be a great addition to thunar, because as it is now, 
>> it is often necessary to change ownership through the shell. I tried a 
>> workaround by adding an action which executes 'gksu thunar', but this 
>> doesn't work too well, because (1) you always need to select something 
>> to trigger an action, and (2) there is no substitution for the 
>> directory, that thunar is currently browsing (I would then use 'gksu 
>> thunar %thisdir').
>>
>> What do you think?
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Niklas.
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