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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/01/2018 05:24 PM, Kim Briggs
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<div dir="ltr">On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 6:42 PM Colin Law <<a
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<div dir="ltr">On Fri, 23 Nov 2018, 18:35 Bret Busby
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> Hi All,<br>
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> What is the preferred way to edit text
configuration files that require<br>
> root access?<br>
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> For example, I would normally use emacs to edit
/etc/default/grub<br>
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> TIA,<br>
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> Ian<br>
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Have you tried<br>
sudo vi <filename><br>
?<br>
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<span style="font-family:sans-serif">Or nano. It would
be nice if there were a GUI editor that could edit
root owned files.</span><br>
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<div dir="auto"><font face="sans-serif">Colin</font></div>
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<div>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 :-) <br>
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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. <br>
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--doug<br>
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