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How to create edit delete files or folder with sudo from GUI

subhra74 edited this page Oct 19, 2019 · 2 revisions

It is often required to create files or folders in a location which is owned by root, and current logged in user needs to use commands like mkdir and touch or nano with sudo to perform the operation. Using snowflake its possible to perform these operations from file browser itself. Whenever a permission issue is encountered, you will be asked if you want to use sudo, and if yes, a password prompt will appear. You can also edit files which has write permission for root user only ( like any configuration files in /etc ) with this feature.