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[Bug 875207] Re: Can't access trash in nautilus as root

 

it's not recommended to run graphical applications under sudo this way

** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

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Title:
  Can't access trash in nautilus as root

Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Open nautilus using sudo nautilus, gksu nautilus or nautilus-gksu and try access the trash. A message box appears:
  "Sorry, couldn't display all the contents of "trash": Operation not supported"
  Items in the trash are not shown, can't empty the trash, etc.

  Currently using Ubuntu 11.10 bit it happened in previous versions too.

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