Thanks, works fine. Regards, Robert
Some days you are the bug, some days you are the windscreen. -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Sawtell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 15 March 2004 10:00 a.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Text editor as root 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' -- Sincerely etc. Christopher Sawtell NB. This PC runs Linux. If you find a virus apparently from me, it has forged the e-mail headers on someone else's machine. Please do not notify me when this occurs. Thanks.
