Nemo File Manager - Unable to open as root from right click menu

[anarchomoh]

System

• xuname:
  Void 4.19.33_1 x86_64 GenuineIntel notuptodate rrmFFFFF
• package:
  Nemo 4.0.6

Expected behavior

Open a new window as root user

Actual behavior

No window launches

Steps to reproduce the behavior

right click in Nemo normal user window and click 'open as root'

[maxice8]

problably a lack of default policykit.

[anarchomoh]

Not sure how I can set that up. installed polkit and and the result is still the same ...no root window.

[b1scu1t]

Do you have a polkit agent installed?
Like polkit-gnome or mate-polkit?

[anarchomoh]

Yes, I have polkit-gnome installed.

[biopsin]

Is this still a problem with nemo-4.6.5?

[ericonr]

I could reproduce with 4.8.x from my PR...

Not sure how to solve this.

[ericonr]

OK, I could get it to launch the password prompt by messing with some polkit stuff, but not launch a new instance.

[biopsin]

I can't test this, but is polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1 confirmed running in background?

[ericonr]

Yes, since it prompted me for a password. Just need to find out why it doesn't then launch a new nemo instance.

[github-actions]

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