File Browser with ROOT permissions

Cybe R. Wizard cybe_r_wizard at earthlink.net
Sat Jun 2 13:10:17 UTC 2007


"Jan Sneep" <jan at azureservices.ca>  said:
> How do you open up a file browser with root permissions?
> 
> I'm trying to delete a file in a folder and it won't let me as I
> don't have permission.
> 
> I've tried "erase" and "delete" and "del" in a terminal window and
> none of those are valid commands.  :O(
> 
> I type Help at the command prompt and while it shows a number of
> commands, it doesn't show "cp" for copy or anything that looks like a
> delete command. Is there some listing of available commands some
> place? Like copy, move, delete, mkdir, cd, etc.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Jan

<sudo nautilus>
or
<gksu nautilus>
or, at a command line
<sudo rm /path/to/file

Cybe R. Wizard
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