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Open Or Edit File / Folder as Root / Administrator in Elementary OS and Ubuntu Graphically



Learn how to add an “Open as Administrator” option in the right click context menu to file manager in Elementary OS, a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu LTS without any hassle.

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As most of you may already know, Elementary OS file manager doesn’t have an administrative rights to modify files and folder graphically. Well at least out of the box.

“You can always use Terminal to open or edit them as root”. Yes yes yes. Fully agree!!!. Command line is way faster than graphical user interface (GUI). But I believe, command line isn’t for everyone.

Unlike GNOME files aka Nautilus on Ubuntu and its based distributions that have a plugin that can be…