Matthew Flaschen wrote: > You should not run GUI apps under a root shell. Do: > > sudo gedit > > or better yet: > > sudoedit /etc/the_config.ext May I suggest: gedit sftp://root@localhost/etc/foo.conf as an alternative? :-) Of course this only works if you have sshd running, but it avoids running the whole GUI app as root. That works with all editors using gio/gvfs or the old gnome-vfs (e.g. gedit) or KIO (KWrite, Kate etc.). Kevin Kofler -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines