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Add Open as Administrator option in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring/Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal/Ubuntu 12.04 Precise/Linux Mint 15/14/13

Most users like to open files/folders as root directly from nautilus. Nautilus offers ways to do that via extension or script. So today we made it available for 13.04/12.10/12.04 and Mint 15/14/13 and other relevant Ubuntu based distributions, Now you can easily add in your ubuntu with just few commands. It will add entry to the context menu where you can easily access it with one click.


Video demo is here

To install Open-as-Administrator in Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the terminal:

• sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/apps
• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get install open-as-administrator

After installation type this command to restart Nautilus:

• nautilus -q

That's it

SOURCE : http://www.noobslab.com/