Re: how edit yum.conf

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On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 23:08:45 -0500, Marvin Dickens <mpdickens@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello list,
> 
> Perhaps the following fits into this thread.
> I am new to fedora and gnome, but not to linux.
> Recently, after installing fedora core 3 with
> gnome, I was disturbed that nautilus could not
> be called as su from the desktop. To make a long
> story short, I decided that Nautilus, like the
> konquerer (the file/internet browser)
> in kde must be callable for a su session from
> any mortal users desktop. Not wanting to reinvent
> the wheel, I did a quick google, I found this:
> 
> http://fedoranews.org/contributors/matt_hansen/nautilus/
> 
> It worked for me. You are able to use gedit as well as any other
> functions that nautilus provides mortal users and you have all the power
> of su.
> 
> Please note that I did not totally follow the instructions as described
> in the article: I modified it to suite my individual needs.
> 
> Best
> 
> Marvin Dickens
> 
> On Wed, 2004-11-17 at 15:46 -0500, J. Michael Morse wrote:
> > On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 21:16:45 +0100, Peter Lesterhuis
> > <peterlesterhuis@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Hello list,
> > > I feel like moving one step forward and three steps backward.
> > > How should I edit yum.conf? When I open yum.conf in gedit and make a few
> > > changes I cann't save the file bacause of an error message.
> > > Should I be logged in as root in gedit? How does one become root in gedit?
> > > Thanks, Peter Lesterhuis.
> 
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Don't know about your gedit woes.  But how about vi?
   
# vi /etc/yum.conf

<Escape i>          # to insert
Esc shift :            # takes you to the colon prompt
:wq                     # will write and quit; q by itself quits
without writing or committing changes


Marc


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