On (24/05/05 10:21), Ionut Georgescu wrote: > chmod? NEVER! > > install sudo and run either > > sudo vi /etc/apt/source.list > or > sudo kate /etc/apt/source.list > > The best is the first one, of course. ;-) > > > To setup sudo: > apt-get install sudo > su - > vi/joe/emacs /etc/sudoers > and add an entry with your username, for example > > george ALL=(ALL) ALL > > This way you can execute commands as root by just prepending sudo. It > will ask for you password and remember it for a while, so you don't have > to enter it every time. sudo will forget the password after about 5 > minutes of inactivity. > > Regards, > Ionut
Try gvim and vim; the former has a gui interface and will give you a slow intro to vim (command line version) itself. There is a very good book 'Vi IMproved' by Steve Qualine. Learning vim is well worth the effort and if you are ever confronted with a system that only has vi available, your new skills will be invaluable. Regards Clive > > > On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 01:16:15PM +1000, Glenn Meehan wrote: > > You could chmod 666 sources.list. But I suspect that the default > > permissions are set to 644 for a good reason, so you probably ought not > > go tampering with them. -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
