"open As Root" Right Click In Gnome

Ever want to launch an application as an administrator by a simple right click? Well, I have. Here's how you do it...

(1) Create a file called "Open as root" in the folder /home/<your user name>/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/ (open up this folder and Right click -> Create Document -> Empty File)

(2) Open up this file in a text editor. The file contents are -

for uri in $NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_FILE_PATHS; do
gnomesu gnome-open "$uri" &
done

(3) Right click on the document, select "Properties", select "Permissions", and tick the box "Allow executing as a program. (You can also chmod +x of course from a terminal)
(4) Restart your GUI, preferably by logging in and out.

Right click on any icon or file on your desktop or in Nautilus, select "Scripts", and select "Open as root". Enjoy!

Very nice tip Andrew! I will be using this one