ubuntu wont let me edit /etc/init.d/ files

[Sean Miller]

Erik Bågfors wrote:

>Using :w! in vi(m) is as bad as having them write:able because you'll
>soon learn to always save with "!" and they you are screwed anyway.
>  
>
Yes, perhaps... but there are other ways that files can be 
overwritten... for example by extracting a tar file, or doing an "rm 
-r"....

Better to leave the permissions "as is"....  they are there for a reason...

Sean