How can I move files from my pen-drive to a directory present in / using GUI?

Question

How can I move files from my pen-drive to the /personal folder using the graphical interface in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS?

Can I shift my /personal folder to anywhere from / ?

Answer 1

root is owner of /, so that means you need to use sudo to get rights for copying into /.

Since you want to do it in graphical interface, you need to open-up Nautilus from terminal:

sudo nautilus

Answer 2

The utility gksudo is useful in this case and is still available to Ubuntu even if no longer installed by default. Install it as follows:

sudo apt-get install gksu

And then you can open Nautilus with elevated privileges and copy as you see fit:

gksudo nautilus

Note:

Ubuntu users are not usually actively encouraged to use graphical applications with elevated privileges as the potential to harm the system is great. Use caution...

References:

• Why is gksu no longer installed by default?
• What is the difference between “gksudo nautilus” and “sudo nautilus”?

Answer 3

If you want to use it for graphical purpose than firstly you should change permission of /Personal directory afterthat you will be able to copy-paste by graphical mode.

sudo chmod 755 /Personal