1  #!/bin/bash
   2 
   3     # root-nautilus-here
   4 
   5     # opens a root-enabled instance of a nautilus window in selected location
   6 
   7     # requires sudo privileges and gksudo, which may involve security risks.
   8 
   9     #Install in your ~/Nautilus/scripts directory.
  10 
  11     #
  12 
  13     # Placed in the public domain by Shane T. Mueller 2001
  14 
  15     # Fixes provided by Doug Nordwall
  16 
  17     #
  18 
  19     # 2004.04.18 -- keith@penguingurus.com - Added gksudo usage to provide popup
  20 
  21     #               password window if sudo has expired.  Line only echos got
  22 
  23     #               root to std output.  But gksudo updates your sudo access
  24 
  25     #               privs, so running nautilus with sudo will succeed
  26 
  27     #               without asking for a password.
  28 
  29     foo=`gksudo -u root -k -m "enter your password for nautilus root access" /bin/echo "got r00t?"`
  30 
  31     sudo nautilus --no-desktop $NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_CURRENT_URI