Vote for new Ubuntu Feature---Let's try it again

[Peter Garrett]

On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 19:06:17 -0500
alex <aradsky at ne.rr.com> wrote:

> Addressing the problem of editing and saving the changes to an unsavable 
> menu.lst .....
> Before attempting to save, run the following:
> 
>     sudo chmod go+rw /boot/grub/menu.lst

No. As I and others have pointed out, changing permissions in such a
manner is a Bad Thing (tm) . The changes would need to be reverted
afterwards, ( which is easily forgotten, and requires knowing what the
original settings were),  and it is unnecessary anyway, since running your
editor with sudo/gksudo achieves the same purpose, without the risk of
opening vital files that should retain their restricted permissions.

Peter