It must be said that there are certain features of Windows that I think 'why on earth doesn't Ubuntu employ such methods!'
This is a great little way of editing files as root using the desktop. This saves having to login as root and navigating a text editor! More windows less linux
Step 1
Open a terminal and type:
sudo su
Step 2
Then type:
gedit .gnome2/nautilus-scripts/Open\ as\ root
Step 3
Now add the following three lines of code to the file:
for uri in $NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_URIS; do
gksudo "gnome-open $uri" &
done
Step 4
Go back to the terminal and type:
sudo chmod +x .gnome2/nautilus-scripts/Open\ as\ root
Step 5
Reboot the machine and now when you right click on a document and goto scripts, there is the option to open the document as root!
*note that there are certain security implications with this method see this link
This is a great little way of editing files as root using the desktop. This saves having to login as root and navigating a text editor! More windows less linux
Step 1
Open a terminal and type:
sudo su
Step 2
Then type:
gedit .gnome2/nautilus-scripts/Open\ as\ root
Step 3
Now add the following three lines of code to the file:
for uri in $NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_URIS; do
gksudo "gnome-open $uri" &
done
Step 4
Go back to the terminal and type:
sudo chmod +x .gnome2/nautilus-scripts/Open\ as\ root
Step 5
Reboot the machine and now when you right click on a document and goto scripts, there is the option to open the document as root!
*note that there are certain security implications with this method see this link
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Labels: easy ubuntu, edubuntu, open as root, right click, root, security, sudo, user
There were a few points in my departure to the latest version of Edubuntu - 7.10 that I thought I may need to downgrade. Unfortunately, it's often the case that a new version of the operating system comes complete with a new set of bugs that only maturity will iron out.
One problem in particular was really bugging me and rendered the upgrade useless for our system if I didn't find a fix - quick! The problem came when a thin client displayed it's login screen, the monitor would just go off with a disturbing message (from the monitor) saying 'unsupported resolution' or something to that effect - the message may vary between different models of monitors.
It quickly became clear that the monitor does not support the resolution that Edubuntu or Xorg was trying to output. I thought a quick tweak in the admin panel might sort things out but the problem was a little deeper - as are many linux problems. Once again I was forced to use the now very familiar terminal.
Step 1
Locate the file lts.conf using this path:
Step 2
Add the following line:
Step 3
Bring up the terminal and type:
Step 4
Reboot the server, when it's all booted up then all systems go with the thin clients! Now you can see!
One problem in particular was really bugging me and rendered the upgrade useless for our system if I didn't find a fix - quick! The problem came when a thin client displayed it's login screen, the monitor would just go off with a disturbing message (from the monitor) saying 'unsupported resolution' or something to that effect - the message may vary between different models of monitors.
It quickly became clear that the monitor does not support the resolution that Edubuntu or Xorg was trying to output. I thought a quick tweak in the admin panel might sort things out but the problem was a little deeper - as are many linux problems. Once again I was forced to use the now very familiar terminal.
Step 1
Locate the file lts.conf using this path:
/opt/ltsp/i386/etc/lts.conf
Step 2
Add the following line:
[default]
X_MODE_0 = 1024x768 #or other resolution that you'd like to use
Step 3
Bring up the terminal and type:
ltsp-update-image
Step 4
Reboot the server, when it's all booted up then all systems go with the thin clients! Now you can see!
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