On Fri, 2019-07-12 at 15:47 -0400, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
> There was a time when you could go to the terminal and type in "sudo 
> nautilus" and you'd get the file system to open with root powers so
> that you could do things and manipulate files. This seems to have
> been removed / stopped / taken away? So how do I gain the ability to
> work on files / folders or directories now? Can anyone point me in
> the right direction here?

Have you set up sudo?  Does sudo let you do any other commands?

If not, add yourself to the wheel group.

For what it's worth, if you want to *manage* files, you want a better
program than nautilus.  It just about qualifies as being a file
browser, but doesn't make the grade as a manager.


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