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rated 0 times [ 1] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 1774 / 3 Years ago, mon, november 15, 2021, 6:19:15

What are the differences between the following ways to run Nautilus with elevated privileges:

a)

sudo nautilus

b)

gksu nautilus

c)

gksudo nautilus

Which should I use?

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answered 3 Years ago raldership · Accepted Answer

The last two alternatives, because they create a loginshell. Anyways gksudo is just a soft link to gksu :)

The first one has a potential problem with inherited environment variables. You might end up writing stuff in your home directory as root.