David Ward wrote:
> I'm not good at the command line (Just past newbie). I try to edit .conf
> files to set up samba but the text editor tells me I don't have
> permission. All of the system admin functions ask me for authorization
> and then let me do whatever but not the text editor. I have added the gdm
> group to the directories the gnome docs told me to (/run/gdm). I have
> added the gdm group to my user group profile. How can I get a GUI text
> editor to let me edit .conf files?
The most reliable way to run GUI apps as root is using kdesu from
kdebase-runtime.
kdesu kwrite foo.conf
or
kdesu gedit foo.conf
should work as expected.
Kevin Kofler
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