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Enable Advanced Permissions Dialog in Nautilus
Posted by Kevin Purdy at 12:15 AM on June 3, 2008
Right-clicking a folder in Nautilus, the default file browser in Ubuntu and other GNOME-based Linux distributions, gives you a "Permissions" tab that aims to be simplistic, but can be somewhat confusing for anyone trying to open up a folder. The Tombuntu blog points out a one-click tweak to enable an "advanced," straight-forward permissions dialog. Launch the gconf-editor (using Alt+F2) and browse to the following preference:
/apps/nautilus/preferences/show_advanced_permissions
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jantanjo
Posted 3:29 AM 3/6/08
Holy smack-a-roonies, Thank you so much.
jantanjo
zoomZAP
Posted 6:14 AM 3/6/08
That is a much better permissions display. The default display is simpler but more obtuse. There are a whole lot of useful customizations buried away in gconf-editor.
zoomZAP
Woodsyx
Posted 1:30 PM 3/6/08
:) now it looks more like the menu i use when setting permissions of files on my server.
Woodsyx
yriafelc
Posted 1:46 PM 3/6/08
gconf-editor can also be called in a more GUI way through:
Applications => System Tools => Configuration Editor
for people who are scared of the command line or the run application window.
yriafelc
Nishith Rastogi, 'subiet'
Posted 11:07 PM 3/6/08
sweet
Nishith Rastogi, 'subiet'
Woodsyx
Posted 3:54 AM 4/6/08
@yriafelc: The app isn't there by default though, you have to enable its addition by right clicking on applications and opening up the Edit Menus option.
Woodsyx