Authenticate as root to view a folder?

Question

Is there a way to setup nautilus so that when my user attempts to view a folder owned / locked by root, it asks for the root password?

Kind of like running a nautilus browser using sudo, from the terminal.

And then it should color the background of the folder to remind you that you are in root territory and can damage things. And color the root-owned folders, too.
possible duplicate of Where is the »open as administrator« option in Nautilus gone?

Ringtail · Answer 1 · 2012-04-05 04:12:09Z

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A good place to start at look for nautilus scripts here.

edited Apr 5 '12 at 4:12

Ringtail
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answered Nov 2 '11 at 13:07

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Ringtail · Answer 2 · 2012-11-16 06:02:49Z

Install gksu nautilus-gksu libgksu2-0 for nautilus to right click and open as administrator.

press Ctrl+Alt+T copy and paste this:

sudo apt-get install gksu nautilus-gksu libgksu2-0

once it installs

then nautilus -q

now you have right-click properties for admin

edit: This used to work for 11.04 however please see this link Where is the »open as administrator« option in Nautilus gone?

The first answer explains the workarounds.

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