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John
Asked: 2017-06-14 01:44:41 +0800 CST

Cannot add folder to boot drive

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My boot drive is a 1TB drive and is working fine. Another 1TB drive is acting a bit flaky so I want to move some data (200GB) from my flaky drive to a folder on my boot drive (900GB free on my boot drive).

Using the Unity DE, I click on "Computer" on the left and I see lots of folders but I am unable to create a new folder here. I tried the File menu but New Folder is disabled.

I can create folders under my profile but this is data I would prefer not be under my profile.

Is there a way to add folders on the boot drive without those folders being under my home directory? If there is not, must I re-partition my boot drive to be able to use all of the empty space?

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  1. Best Answer

    That's because you're not root when you browse your files by default (for obvious security reasons).

    You can run gksu nautilus to launch nautilus as root

    What I did is adding a shortcut to launch this :

    1. Open System Settings and go to Keyboard ;
    2. Under Shortcut > Custom Shortcuts click the + (add) button ;
    3. Name the shortcut as you like and fill the above command (gksu nautilus), then click Apply button ;
    4. Click on Disabled next to the new shortcut and pick key combination of your choosing.

    It will prompt for your password every time you open this.

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