Bug#785247: ITP: nautilus-admin -- Extension for Nautilus to do administrative operations
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Bruno Nova <brunomb.nova@gmail.com>
* Package name : nautilus-admin
Version : 0.1.1
Upstream Author : Bruno Nova <brunomb.nova@gmail.com>
* URL : https://bitbucket.org/brunonova/nautilus-admin
* License : GPL
Programming Lang: Python
Description : Extension for Nautilus to do administrative operations
Nautilus Admin is a simple Python extension for the Nautilus file manager that
adds some administrative actions to the right-click menu:
- Open as Administrator: opens a folder in a new Nautilus window running
with administrator (root) privileges.
- Edit as Administrator: opens a file in a Gedit window running with
administrator (root) privileges.
I'm the upstream author.
The extension uses policy kit (pkexec) to open nautilus/gedit as root.
Since it opens those programs as root, I would highly recommend a code review
(it's a short code).
I created this extension because nautilus-gksu is no longer available.
This is certainly a useful extension, and there are probably many users that
want an "Open as Administrator" action in Nautilus (including me).
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