kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > According to http://kudos.berlios.de/kf/kisimlar/tipsntrix.html#rootedit > , In Ubuntu one can edit the text files as root using the "Edit as Root" > option. But I could not find this option in Debian unstable KDE 3.5.2 . > How can I achieve this behavior in Debian as well? > > thanks > raju > > --
I do NOT have this down to a science, so I hope someone will please correct my mistakes (if any) Some info about my setup and kernel; $ uname -a Linux localhost 2.4.27-2-386 #1 Wed Aug 17 09:33:35 UTC 2005 i686 GNU/Linux I'm using KDE 3.3.2 on Debian Sarge (GNOME is installed as well) You can just open Konsole, or any Terminal, and type in; $ sudo nano /path/to/filename e.g.; $ sudo nano /etc/fstab you will likely be prompted for the root passwd, which you must enter -- there will be NO INDICATION (such as asterisks) as you are typing the passwd. It works this way! see 'man sudo' and 'man sudoers' 'sudo' means SuperUser DO - and use /sudo su/ to *remain* as superuser throughout the shell session.../sudo/ without /su/ will allow superuser on a once-per-command basis. and you can replace *nano* with any other text editor I suppose (vi, vim, pico, etc(?))...I'm still a bit unclear as to "which" editors are available for Terminal use (perhaps 'curses' and 'ncurses' based editors only(?)), ....and which are all GUI only (Kate, KWrite, KEdit). . Note that editors such as 'nano' and 'vi' are even available in a VT/VC (Virtual Terminal / Virtual Console) - these are the TTYs located on Ctrl+Alt+F1[2,3,4,5,6] usually -- whereas Ctrl+Alt+F7 usually brings you Back to your orig X Windows session (GUI)...this can all be altered/customized too. It would be necessary to learn how 'vi' works in order to edit the /etc/sudoers file using the command; $ visudo -- see 'man sudoers' which MUST be edited this way. I like 'nano' for overall editing of text and config files from the terminal, it's easy to learn and use. I could ramble more - but that's a start :-) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
