write a file to etc folder

[Kipton Moravec]

On Tue, 2009-11-03 at 00:02 +0300, tôba rakoto wrote:
> Le Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:56:48 -0500,
> William <kc8pdr at gmail.com> a écrit :
> 
> > I used gedit to back a file and I need to the etc folder but it says I
> > need root access how can I get it to save it ?
> > 
> > 
> 
> As said, you have to get root access... (write)access in /etc is not
> permitted for simple user.
> 
> Get root access by sudo, copy the file in your home folder, edit the
> file, get root priv again, copy it back to etc
> 
> You may also use another text based editor (vim, emacs...). Get root
> access and edit the file directly...
> 
> Tôba

Or from the the terminal you can use 
sudo gedit <file>

Then save it where you want.

> 
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