Please can someone tell me how I can edit a text file as Root?
Thank you
[SOLVED] Edit as Root
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[SOLVED] Edit as Root
by primesuspect » Dec 30th, '11, 16:42
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Re: Edit as Root
by calvert » Dec 30th, '11, 16:56
open a terminal and su to root,
then
kwrite /path/to/file
or
user the root terminal in mcc and kwrite again
then
kwrite /path/to/file
or
user the root terminal in mcc and kwrite again
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Re: Edit as Root
by wobo » Dec 30th, '11, 17:23
calvert wrote:open a terminal and su to root,
then
kwrite /path/to/file
That will not work if you forget to add a dash, like
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Re: [SOLVED] Edit as Root
by willie » Dec 30th, '11, 23:56
If you want by right-click yhe file in dolphin (if you use KDE) look in MCC/software for kde-rootactions-servicemenu
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