Wish I’d discovered this earlier – would have prevented a lot of irritation.
http://www.webupd8.org/2015/03/how-to-run-gedit-and-nautilus-as-root.html
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davros@blog.xarta.co.uk:~$ sudo apt-get install nautilus-admin [sudo] password for davros: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libllvm3.8 libmircommon5 libqmi-glib1 linux-headers-4.4.0-101 linux-headers-4.4.0-101-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-103 linux-headers-4.4.0-103-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-104 linux-headers-4.4.0-104-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-108 linux-headers-4.4.0-108-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-109 linux-headers-4.4.0-109-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-112 linux-headers-4.4.0-112-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-116 linux-headers-4.4.0-116-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-121 linux-headers-4.4.0-121-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-64 linux-headers-4.4.0-64-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-66 linux-headers-4.4.0-66-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-70 linux-headers-4.4.0-70-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-71 linux-headers-4.4.0-71-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-72 linux-headers-4.4.0-72-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-75 linux-headers-4.4.0-75-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-78 linux-headers-4.4.0-78-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-79 linux-headers-4.4.0-79-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-81 linux-headers-4.4.0-81-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-83 linux-headers-4.4.0-83-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-87 linux-headers-4.4.0-87-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-89 linux-headers-4.4.0-89-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-91 linux-headers-4.4.0-91-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-92 linux-headers-4.4.0-92-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-93 linux-headers-4.4.0-93-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-96 linux-headers-4.4.0-96-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-97 linux-headers-4.4.0-97-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-98 linux-headers-4.4.0-98-generic linux-image-4.4.0-101-generic linux-image-4.4.0-103-generic linux-image-4.4.0-104-generic linux-image-4.4.0-108-generic linux-image-4.4.0-109-generic linux-image-4.4.0-112-generic linux-image-4.4.0-116-generic linux-image-4.4.0-121-generic linux-image-4.4.0-64-generic linux-image-4.4.0-66-generic linux-image-4.4.0-70-generic linux-image-4.4.0-71-generic linux-image-4.4.0-72-generic linux-image-4.4.0-75-generic linux-image-4.4.0-78-generic linux-image-4.4.0-79-generic linux-image-4.4.0-81-generic linux-image-4.4.0-83-generic linux-image-4.4.0-87-generic linux-image-4.4.0-89-generic linux-image-4.4.0-91-generic linux-image-4.4.0-92-generic linux-image-4.4.0-93-generic linux-image-4.4.0-96-generic linux-image-4.4.0-97-generic linux-image-4.4.0-98-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-101-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-103-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-104-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-108-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-109-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-112-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-116-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-121-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-64-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-66-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-70-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-71-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-72-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-75-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-78-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-79-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-81-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-83-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-87-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-89-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-91-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-92-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-93-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-96-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-97-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-98-generic Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them. The following additional packages will be installed: gir1.2-gconf-2.0 gir1.2-nautilus-3.0 python-nautilus The following NEW packages will be installed gir1.2-gconf-2.0 gir1.2-nautilus-3.0 nautilus-admin python-nautilus 0 to upgrade, 4 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade. Need to get 37.1 kB of archives. After this operation, 633 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 gir1.2-gconf-2.0 amd64 3.2.6-3ubuntu6 [6,208 B] Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 gir1.2-nautilus-3.0 amd64 1:3.18.4.is.3.14.3-0ubuntu6 [5,500 B] Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 python-nautilus amd64 1.1-4 [17.2 kB] Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 nautilus-admin all 0.1.5-1 [8,130 B] Fetched 37.1 kB in 0s (102 kB/s) Selecting previously unselected package gir1.2-gconf-2.0. (Reading database ... 1171663 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../gir1.2-gconf-2.0_3.2.6-3ubuntu6_amd64.deb ... Unpacking gir1.2-gconf-2.0 (3.2.6-3ubuntu6) ... Selecting previously unselected package gir1.2-nautilus-3.0:amd64. Preparing to unpack .../gir1.2-nautilus-3.0_1%3a3.18.4.is.3.14.3-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb ... Unpacking gir1.2-nautilus-3.0:amd64 (1:3.18.4.is.3.14.3-0ubuntu6) ... Selecting previously unselected package python-nautilus. Preparing to unpack .../python-nautilus_1.1-4_amd64.deb ... Unpacking python-nautilus (1.1-4) ... Selecting previously unselected package nautilus-admin. Preparing to unpack .../nautilus-admin_0.1.5-1_all.deb ... Unpacking nautilus-admin (0.1.5-1) ... Setting up gir1.2-gconf-2.0 (3.2.6-3ubuntu6) ... Setting up gir1.2-nautilus-3.0:amd64 (1:3.18.4.is.3.14.3-0ubuntu6) ... Setting up python-nautilus (1.1-4) ... Setting up nautilus-admin (0.1.5-1) ... Nautilus, if running, must be restarted for this extension to work (execute "nautilus -q"). davros@blog.xarta.co.uk:~$ nautilus -q