Add 'Open/Run as Administrator' to context menu by default
Use cases
I have run into several occasions where I needed to open a text file or run a program which needed sudo to open or run. In these occasions users have to use the terminal and look up how to use the terminal to do these actions. A terminal is not usable for 'normal' users, but for expert users, mostly because of its low discoverability. It is therefore asking too much effort from non-expert users to find out that they need to use the terminal and how to use it to open or run something as an administrator. Currently the desired behaviour of offering 'Open as Administrator' and/or 'Run as Administrator' options in the context menu is achieved only by installing a nautilus-admin python script using the two commands: sudo apt-get install nautilus-admin and nautilus -q This means that to get to a nautilus GUI which is usable for non-expert users, even non-expert users have to use the terminal. This is a 'catch 22' which will frustrate non-expert users and might ultimately be a part of them not adopting a linux distro.
Desired behavior
The desired behavior is quite simple: in the context menu show the option(s) 'Open as Administrator' and/or 'Run as Administrator'. This would open or execute the file or program with sudo.
Benefits of the solution
By making this option visible in the context menu it greatly improves discoverability and usability for non-expert users of Nautilus and linux distros which use Nautilus. Non-expert users do not have to dive into using the terminal, for a relatively simple action of opening or running something as administrator. The userbase of linux users can then be expanded with non-expert users. Hence bringing the freedom and benefits of open source software to the larger public.