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How do I start the "Disk Utility" program as sudo user, in the Unity gui? If I want to start the application from a CLI, what is the application name?

(There is no reference to the actual program name in the "About" box, and typing "Disk Utility" or "disk utility" or "gnome-disk-utility" does not start the application!)

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    Not sure why you'd want to run this as root, but if you do use gksudo for GUI apps instead of sudo.
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    Apr 15, 2012 at 18:49

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You want palimpsest.

How did I find this out? I went to the folder /usr/share/applications and right clicked on Disk Utility, selecting Properties.

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just adding to the previous answer, if you prefix 'gksu' before 'palimpsest' in the Command field, it will automatically open as root, requiring your password. ( this can only be edited as root, so from the CLI you could 'gksu nautilus' to change this file. )

it took me awhile to figure that out, i was trying to add a 'gksu' option in the desktop file itself. this was much easier. i prefer the security of this method, to avoid borking a disk accidentally.

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  • Could you instead of "add" to the other answer, make your answer self-contained? Or edit the other answer and add corrections.
    – Braiam
    Sep 12, 2013 at 2:05
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Check that the gnome-disk-utility package is installed and just run

sudo gnome-disks in your terminal

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