At 07:58 PM 11/27/2006 +0100, A. den Oudsten wrote: > >Carlos E. R. wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> >> The Wednesday 2006-11-22 at 19:21 +0100, A. den Oudsten wrote: >> >> >>>>>it's not possible to write to file:///etc/fstab >>>>> >>>>>How can I overcome this barrier? >>>> >>>>/etc/fstab is owned by <root> and you do not have rights to edit as >>>>/<user>. To make changes, you must become <root>, ie: sudo or su. >>> >>>I did it for su as well as for root!! >> >> >> Try another editor. Use "su -", not "su". >> >> - -- >> Cheers, >> Carlos E. R.
/snip/ What editors other than the user-unfriendly vi and emacs are available in a root console? I tried KWrite, but it was not recognized, and if I ever got into vi or emacs I would do more harm than good! --doug -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
