Editing configuration files

Doug dmcgarrett at optonline.net
Sun Dec 2 03:37:27 UTC 2018


On 12/01/2018 05:24 PM, Kim Briggs wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 6:42 PM Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com 
> <mailto:clanlaw at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
>
>     On Fri, 23 Nov 2018, 18:35 Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com
>     <mailto:bret.busby at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>         On 24/11/2018, Ian Bruntlett <ian.bruntlett at gmail.com
>         <mailto:ian.bruntlett at gmail.com>> wrote:
>         > Hi All,
>         >
>         > What is the preferred way to edit text configuration files
>         that require
>         > root access?
>         >
>         > For example, I would normally use emacs to edit
>         /etc/default/grub
>         >
>         > TIA,
>         >
>         >
>         > Ian
>         >
>
>         Have you tried
>         sudo vi <filename>
>         ?
>
>
>
>     Or nano.  It would be nice if there were a GUI editor that could
>     edit root owned files.
>
>     Colin
>
>
> I have been using "sudo gedit" for over a decade.  Don't tell the 
> security people, but in my own home, I make the rules  :-)

If you have a root-permissioned file browser, like Konqueror or 
Dolphin-root, you can activate Kate from inside it and edit a file with 
root permissions.

--doug
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