On 6/21/05, Shane Murphy <nickhal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Michael A. Peters wrote: > > >On Tue, 2005-06-21 at 16:41 +1200, Jonathan Pickard wrote: > > > > > >>>hi > >>>after a fresh install of FC4, everything was ok, except that when i am > >>>trying to edit fstab file, to make it mount my windows partitions > >>>automatically, the file doesn open at all, i tried to open it with > >>>test editor but no way, > >>>the file type for it is : unknown, > >>>is there anyway i can edit this file ? > >>>any help would be appreciated > >>> > >>> > >>sudo vi /etc/fstab > >>or > >>sudo emacs /etc/fstab > >> > >> > > > >Will not work with default sudo settings. > > > > > try being root first? su -l i was a root and it didnt work too, but i used fstab-sync to edit it instead of opening the file and it worked thanks -- Ahmed Abdel-Aliem Web Developer www.ApexScript.com 0101108551 registered Linux user number 382789
