On Wed, 8 Apr 2020 01:40:38 +0800 kaye n <guik...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Friends! > > I was just wondering if there are easier ways to open Thunar file > manager as root? > > Right now what I do is this: > > Open xfce4-terminal, > Execute: sudo thunar > Type my password. > > Not a big deal but if there is an easier way I'd like to know.
I think you've been answered, but let me try the usual thing of answering a different question. Do you really need Thunar as root very often? I very occasionally use Nautilus as root, so I don't mind the extra step. I'm careful to close it immediately I've finished the job, I would be scared to leave a root file manager open that looked exactly like my normal file manager. And this is on a sid workstation, which is expendable. I do almost all root work in mc, in a terminal window. There are only a few things that a file GUI makes easier, and mc contains a simple text editor and quite a few useful shortcuts. My server doesn't have X, so it's mc by default there. But the main reason is that I find it easier to remember I'm in a risky environment when I'm using mc. I'm just automatically much more cautious. Maybe it's distant memories of Norton Commander on DOS... -- Joe
