Thunar: ownership to root

Jerry3904 · 2014-01-02 22:18:23

I am trying to get a custom action into the context menu that lets me change ownership to root. The command I tried (unsuccessfully) was this:

gksu chown -R root %f%F

Has someone done this already? Any thoughts on how to do this?

TIA

ToZ · 2014-01-03 03:41:36

gksu "chown -R root %F"

...works here. Seems you have to enclose the command in quotes. You only need one of %f or %F not both, and since %F allows for multiple files, its the better option.

Jerry3904 · 2014-01-03 06:23:32

Excellent, thanks!

Jerry3904 · 2014-01-03 14:20:41

So, to push my luck: I followed the innate human impulse to symmetry and created "Ownership to user" with this command:

gksu "chown -R .users %F"

That seemed to give mixed results: ownership was still root when I right-clicked > permissions tab, but user could edit and save. Have a better suggestion?

ToZ · 2014-01-03 19:19:39

Try:

gksu "chown -R $USER %F"

Jerry3904 · 2014-01-03 19:26:10

OK. Do you think these would be good additions to the Thunar - Custom page?

ToZ · 2014-01-03 19:55:03

Sure, it would make changing permissions to and from root easier for those that aren't familiar with the command prompt.

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