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sudo access for desktop actions in Gnome/KDE?
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Mar 15, 202629516 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I feel kinda silly asking this question. I'm using CentOS 5.4 and KDE. I downloaded an archive and I want to drag/drop the contents into a folder that I need root access to write to. I can obviously go into terminal and sudo blah blah. But how do I get sudo access for desktop procedures? Like for s…
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Fix for: sudo access for desktop actions in Gnome/KDE?
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Create a shortcut to your favourite file manager (Konqueror, Dolphin or whatever) on your desktop. Right click on it, and click "Properties". On the "Application" tab, click "Special settings", and check the "Run as different user" check box (the ex…
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