Can someone please tell me if this is safe to do. You can accomplish Open as Admin with a Nautilus script placed in ~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts. The name you give the file will be placed in the Scripts menu. 1. Right click on desktop, Select > Create New Document > Empty Document. Name the file "Open As Administrator" , Open the file and paste the following text into it, for uri in $NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_URIS; do gksudo "gnome-open $uri" & done Click save and close out. 2. Now mark the file as executable, right click > Properties > Permissions > look down for "Execute" and check "Allow executing file as program" - 3.Open the file browser, go to > View > Show Hidden Files, now navigate to you home folder, and Place the file in ~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts 4. Now right click on your folder or file of choice and select > Scripts > Open As Administrator , you then will get a screen prompting for your password, and the file/folder will open in their respective program as administrator-
I would really not recommend doing that! Most stuff in the GUI, aside from system updates, can and should be accomplished without root access.
