I am not able to access Root's home folder in Ubuntu

Question

I'm using Ubuntu 12.0.4 LTS, and I want to access root's home folder.

I know this is answered ...but can you tell us more about what you're trying to accomplish in root's home folder (/root)? It might be possible for an answer to be posted that addresses your needs specifically. Also, sometimes people confuse /root (root's home folder) with / (the root directory), which are "root" in an entirely different sense. — Eliah Kagan, Jul 03 '13 at 18:29

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 03 '13 at 14:45

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Did you try:

sudo -i nautilus

?

Run it in the terminal or after pressing Alt+F2

edited Jul 03 '13 at 14:45

Oli

answered Jul 03 '13 at 14:43

Hakeem Wahab

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No sudo on nautilus please. Use gksudo instead – NickTux Jul 03 '13 at 15:05
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No gksudo on Ubuntu 13.04 and up. Use pkexec instead but note that this doesn't work well for X applications like nautilus. – amc Jul 03 '13 at 15:07
I am using 12.04 and the above command works for me. You will notice the root folder icon has change to a folder with a house on it. – BiggJJ Jul 03 '13 at 15:24
I tried "gksudo" command instead sudo. It worked. – Chinmay Joshi Jul 03 '13 at 15:30
For 13.04 you may want to take a look at this question:Why is gksu no longer installed by default in 13.04? and my advice would be to install gksu and configure the if necessary. But once installed gksudo is definitely easier. pkexec is not easy to use with graphical applications yet – Warren Hill Jul 03 '13 at 15:32
ohh! okay! But I'm using ubuntu 12.0.4 LTS. – Chinmay Joshi Jul 03 '13 at 15:34

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 03 '13 at 15:26

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You must be root to access Root's home folder.

answered Jul 03 '13 at 15:26

Thank you! But problem is solved. – Chinmay Joshi Jul 03 '13 at 15:29
@Chinmay, you must then click the check mark by the answer that helped you the most. – Devyn Collier Johnson Jul 03 '13 at 15:31
I have done that! – Chinmay Joshi Jul 03 '13 at 15:31

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