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:~$ su
Password: #Typed user password
su: Authentication failure
~$ su
Password: #Typed root password
su: Authentication failure
:~$ sudo su
[sudo] password for m: #Typed user password
i:~# mousepad /etc/apt/sources.list
(mousepad:1299): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to store changes into `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: Failed to create file '/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel.22YF1X': No such file or directory
(mousepad:1299): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to set the permissions of `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: No such file or directory
(mousepad:1299): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to store changes into `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: Failed to create file '/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel.R5CJ1X': No such file or directory
(mousepad:1299): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to set the permissions of `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: No such file or directory
Had almost got everything configured just as like it, tried adding a custom action (open as administrator) to Thunar and my house of cards collapsed around me.
Debian 8 xfce, single user account, passwords and user names are single characters so it's a given there's no typing error.
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:~# cd ..
:/home# cd ..
:/# mkdir -p /root/.local/share/
:/# touch /root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel
:/# exit
exit
:~$ gksu mousepad /etc/apt/sources.list