Missing hard drive space

[Karl Larsen]

Nils Kassube wrote:
> Karl F. Larsen wrote:
>   
>> Nils Kassube wrote:
>>     
>>> That would be:
>>>
>>> gksudo gedit /etc/fstab
>>>
>>> or for KDE users:
>>>
>>> kdesudo kate /etc/fstab
>>>       
>>     I wonder why it works? On 8.04 to 9.04 I still use sudo gedit and
>> it works fine. Why is that I wonder?
>>     
>
> It _may_ work with sudo as well but you may also have trouble with your 
> config files afterwards if they are overwritten by root. Then you can't 
> access them any longer as normal user. The commands gksudo or kdesudo 
> are the preferred safe way to start graphical applications.
>
>
> Nils
>
>   
    Well I never thought about that. But I usually use sudo gedit and 
change something and then turn it back off. Not clear how a config file 
would be written while root.


Karl