How to browse root user directories with nautilus file browser in Linux.

If you are logged in with restricted permission you may be able to navigate to other directory through terminal switching to root, but without been logged in as root how can you browse windows directory of root and other users. It can simply be done with nautilus. Nautilus is a utility in Linux to browse your computer. 



Steps to browse other root and other user's directory.

1. Open terminal
2. Switch to root user (su -)
3. type nautilus -browser pathOfYourDesiredDirectory
    e.g. nautilus --browser /root/Documents/

Disadvantages of using nautilus.

You cannot browse network using nautilus browser.

Nautilus is mainly required when you need to access some important files / directories of other users, or need to open some file, which is always very tiresome from the command line. 

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