#!/bin/sh #Take ownership #by Manuel Amador (Rudd-O) #under the GPL #you need to configure /etc/sudoers for this to work at all # put this in your /etc/sudoers: #your_username ALL = NOPASSWD: /bin/chown #(obviously, without the hash mark at the beginning of the line, and replacing your_username with your actual user name) quoted=$(echo -e "$NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_FILE_PATHS" | awk 'BEGIN { FS = "\n" } { printf "\"%s\" ", $1 }' | sed -e s#\"\"##) eval "sudo /bin/chown \"$USER\" $quoted"