On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 09:38, Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC) wrote:
> At home when I want to edit a file
>
> (Gentoo and KDE)
>
> I use either nano in a terminal window or kwrite as a GUI tool.
>
> If I need root priveledges I can open the file using "File manager - root
> user mode"
>
> In Mandrake 9.2 how do I achieve this (opening a file using kwrite in
> root-user mode)?

open shell
su -c 'kwrite file.ext'

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Christopher Sawtell

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