Open text file as root in thunar

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How would I make a custom thunar action to open a text file as root?

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Assuming you already have “gksu” installed (if you don’t, you should install it with “sudo apt-get install gksu”);

First, make a script with the following command in it

gksu pluma $@

(obviously, you should change “pluma” for whatever text editor you wish to use)

And save it as “open-text-file-as-root.sh” in your home folder somewhere. Right click the file and select the “permissions” tab and check the “make executable” check-box.

Then, open Thunar Custom Actions and point to the script you have just made. This is in order that the script may be made available as a right click option in Thunar file manager

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Thanks.

Worked like a charm.