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Issue created Nov 09, 2019 by Emin Fedar@eminfedar

Asking permission from user for root operations

Problem:

As an user of Nautilus File Manager, when I need to do a simple file operation (like renaming a file in a root owned folder) I literally can't because I didn't open nautilus as root user.

I open a new terminal, open nautilus again with sudo, go to the directory again and then I can rename. This is too long and boring and happens everytime.

Solution:

When an user try to do an operation on root owned file or folder, nautilus can ask the root password just for doing that operation. Or maybe ask password and open the same directory with a new root owned tab (or as a new program with new window).

For example Visual Studio Code does this. If I try to edit a root owned file it simply asks me the root password to just save that file, and it is super super nice. I don't have to close the app and run it with root user again.

Please add these kind of features in nautilus make user experience much more better.

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