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Bug 147974 - What I'd like to happen is that when you click 'paste' you get a password dialog, just as when you run a program with root privileges.
What I'd like to happen is that when you click 'paste' you get a password dia...
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 147977
Product: gdm
Classification: Core
Component: general
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: GDM maintainers
GDM maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2004-07-20 11:03 UTC by Power PC
Modified: 2004-07-20 18:59 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
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Description Power PC 2004-07-20 11:03:21 UTC 
Description of Problem:

I am logged in as normal user on a desktop
machine. I have to paste a file somewhere which is
under roots permission. It wont allow me through
nautilus and i have to drop to shell to get the
work done.

....there is a simple feature that I'd really
really like to see:


Steps to reproduce the problem:

At this moment (gnome 2.6) you can't cut a file in
your home dir, navigate to let's say
/usr/lib/mozilla/searchplugins and PASTE. At this
moment you need the CLI for copy/paste or you've
to type: sudo nautilus. This doesn't make sense!

Actual Results:

permission denied.

Expected Results:

What I'd like to happen is that when you click
'paste' you get a password dialog, just as when
you run a program with root privileges. 

How often does this happen? 

Always

Additional Information:

Well this looks like a new feature to me and none
of file managers for linux can do this...maybe i
am wrong.
Comment 1 Vincent Noel 2004-07-20 18:59:59 UTC 
This bug is in the scope of bug 147977.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 147977 ***