> >Hmm. So I give up my regular editor in return for not having to type /sbin/ > > "gedit &" works for me, whether I'm root or not. I expect that something > similar would work for you. You could always just put your regular editor in a directory that is in everyone's PATH. That way you could switch to root from your normal user account, have root's environment and permissions, and not have to sacrifice anything. Shockwave
