On 11/30/2009 10:02 AM, Peter Carlstedt wrote:
> This is Unix 101. You need to be "root" to edit the files in that > directory. Yes I understand that I need root permissions to edit files in that directory BUT is there anyway to get those permission without having to login with the root account? There are reasons of why you should use "sudo"in the terminal as a normal user instead of logging in as the root user. So what i mean is if there are some kind of command which gives me the same permissions as the root user in the terminal, was thinking about that since you can use the command "gksudo nautilus" to browse through directories which has root permission only. Is there any command which can give me the same permissions in the terminal?
In a terminal you can become root via "su". Or you can run individual commands with root privileges with "sudo" but you must be in the /etc/sudoers file which you must edit with sudoedit.
Now that you've got that question answered please do not ask any more basic Unix questions on this list. This list is for the discussion of FreeRADIUS use and configuration, it is not the appropriate forum to learn Unix and Linux skills, there are other more appropriate places for those questions.
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