On Thu, 2009-03-05 at 00:17 +0530, Rangeen Basu 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? > > > you can also use this command: > > su -c 'gedit /etc/your_file.conf' > Password: > Give your root password when it asks. > - The essential point is that you have to be root to edit filles with onlu root w permissions -- ======================================================================= Television is a medium because anything well done is rare. -- attributed to both Fred Allen and Ernie Kovacs ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
