Error on `gksu nautilus` because Nautilus cannot create folder "/root/.config/nautilus"
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I have a problem executing nautilus in root mode on a fresh installation. I just installed Ubuntu 12.04, and the first thing I did after first boot was run the command gksudo nautilus
, I've got this error message:
Nautilus could not create the required folder "/root/.config/nautilus". Before running Nautilus, please create the following folder, or set permissions such that Nautilus can create it.
I am triple booting Windows 7, Fedora 17 and Ubuntu 12.04. My partition configuration is this:
sda1 --> (ntfs) Windows 7 boot partition
sda2 --> (ntfs) Windows 7
sda3 --> (ext4) Fedora 17 /boot partition
sda4 --> Extended partition
sda5 --> LVM Fedora 17, with 3 partitions inside (/, /home and swap)
sda6 --> (ext4) Ubuntu 12.04 /boot partition
sda7 --> (ext4) Ubuntu 12.04 swap partition
sda8 --> (ext4) Ubuntu 12.04 / partition
sda9 --> (ext4) Ubuntu 12.04 /home partition
The MBR is using Windows, so is this one which is controlling the machine boot menu.
Looks like Nautilus does not have permission to write in /root/.config
, but it should right? I prefer asking before doing nothing wrong.
Any ideas?
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