Nautilus Error

[MG]

how else do u write with Ubuntu??

On 20/04/2009, Tommy Trussell <tommy.trussell at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 3:11 AM, Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net> wrote:
> > MG wrote:
> >> All I did was start up nautilus, typing 'sudo nautilus'
> >
> > OK so far, but what exactly is the problem? Does it not work or are you
> > just concerned about the messages? If you use a terminal to start a
> > graphical program there are often a lot of messages which can simply be
> > ignored. However if something didn't work it could be because you used
> > sudo to start a graphical program. Usually graphical programs are
> > started with gksudo (or kdesudo if you use KDE) instead. So the command
> > sould be "gksudo nautilus".
>
>
> This may be outdated thinking, but people used to specifically warn
> against running Nautilus as root. I don't know if it was for security
> concerns or "shoot yourself in foot" concerns, but there aren't many
> GOOD reasons to run Nautilus as root.
>
>
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