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Re: Any way to open Thunar as root beside this?

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On Wed, 8 Apr 2020 01:40:38 +0800
kaye n <guikaye@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

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Any way to open Thunar as root beside this? kaye n <guikaye@gmail.com> - 2020-04-07 19:50 +0200
  Re: Any way to open Thunar as root beside this? kaye n <guikaye@gmail.com> - 2020-04-07 19:50 +0200
    Re: Any way to open Thunar as root beside this? john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2020-04-07 20:00 +0200
      Re: Any way to open Thunar as root beside this? kaye n <guikaye@gmail.com> - 2020-04-07 21:00 +0200
        Re: Any way to open Thunar as root beside this? "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2020-04-07 22:00 +0200
  Re: Any way to open Thunar as root beside this? Alexis Grigoriou <alexis@nanoid.net> - 2020-04-07 21:40 +0200
    Re: Any way to open Thunar as root beside this? Cindy Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2020-04-07 22:40 +0200
      Re: Any way to open Thunar as root beside this? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-04-08 05:40 +0200
    Re: Any way to open Thunar as root beside this? Keith Bainbridge <ke1th3216@zoho.com> - 2020-04-08 05:30 +0200
    Re: Any way to open Thunar as root beside this? Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-04-08 09:00 +0200
      Re: Any way to open Thunar as root beside this? Keith Bainbridge <ke1th3216@zoho.com> - 2020-04-09 02:30 +0200
  Re: Any way to open Thunar as root beside this? Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2020-04-07 22:50 +0200

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