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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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