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

[alex]

Peter Garrett wrote:

>On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 19:06:17 -0500
>alex <aradsky at ne.rr.com> wrote:
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>>Addressing the problem of editing and saving the changes to an unsavable 
>>menu.lst .....
>>Before attempting to save, run the following:
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>>    sudo chmod go+rw /boot/grub/menu.lst
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>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.
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>Peter
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Thanks,Peter.  Somehow, I missed that.  Will do it with
sudo/gksudo from now on.

alex