Ubuntu: Open Terminal from Nautilus

This will allow you to open a Terminal instance in context in Nautilus.

sudo aptitude install nautilus-open-terminal

You will need to restart Gnome for it to take effect. Note that all you user programs will be terminated…so save data first. Then either use , or:

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart

And Bob’s your uncle. Now you [...]

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Nautilus as Root in Ubuntu

Firstly, you can just run Nautilus as root from the command line with:

gksudo nautilus

The following procedure will add a root file browser to the Applications | System Tools menu.

I got this from http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-256998.html.

Create a text file with:

gksudo gedit /usr/share/applications/Nautilus-root.desktop

Add these lines to the file:

[Desktop Entry]<br /> Name=File [...]

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