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Open pcmanfc file manager as root user on Lubuntu

ID: 113

Category: Lubuntu

Added: 25th of May 2019

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➔ Open thunar file manager as root user on Xubuntu

If you ever need to get root access to the file system using pcmanfc, enter the following in your terminal.

sudo -i

Then enter the following command in the the terminal to open the file manager
pcmanfm-qt

You should now have access as root, allowing you to edit, create, delete files and folders. As always please be careful.
pcmanfc opened as root user

Always be careful when making changes to files as a root user.

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