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Asked: 2012-11-17 02:00:52 +0800 CST

Error when using "sudo Nautilus", how do I solve it?

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Here is the terminal log.

http://pastebin.com/xTEK13B7

How do I fix it? What does it do? Is it safe or okay?

nautilus

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  1. Best Answer

    Nautilus is a graphical application so you ought to use gksudo instead :

    gksudo nautilus

    When you want to do graphical things with high prilivegies, gksudo and gksu are much more convinient than sudo and su.

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  2. It is an uncritical message; nautilus should run normally; for reference see this report at launchpad.

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  3. In Ubuntu 18.04 gksudo is gone.

    Instead, try:

    sudo -H nautilus
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