Re: How do I delete a file in Mate?

2020-06-08 Thread D.J.J. Ring, Jr.
I did a bit more looking around, there is one file manager that will run as root user (administer account.) it's pcmanfm-qt install that program, it has an option to open the folder as root, you can delete any file with root. You can also use it in graphical mode to chown a file or to chmod a file

Re: How do I delete a file in Mate?

2020-06-08 Thread Didier Spaier
Hello, caja also can be run as root, as well as pcmanfm (also shipped in Slint). But doing this is a very bad idea as it makes to easy to delete important parts of the system inadvertently. Cheers, Didier Le 08/06/2020 à 09:09, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. a écrit : > I did a bit more looking around, the

Re: How do I delete a file in Mate?

2020-06-08 Thread Richard Owlett
On 06/08/2020 02:52 AM, Didier Spaier wrote: Hello, caja also can be run as root, as well as pcmanfm (also shipped in Slint). But doing this is a very bad idea as it makes to easy to delete important parts of the system inadvertently. Cheers, Check out caja-gksu . The gksu extension for Caj

Re: How do I delete a file in Mate?

2020-06-08 Thread Didier Spaier
Hello Richard, I forgot to mention caja-gksu although it be included in Slint, so thanks for the heads-up For whoever in concern, it needs to be activated. To do that you can, from caja, do this: Press Ctr+E for to raise the Edit menu. press P to raise the Preferences window. Arrow left once or