You can become super user in an xterm session, then start your favorite editor from the xterm as root. I like to use gvim for my editor, which I have installed on my Fedora 10. Below is an example I copied from an xterm session:
[lel...@leland ~]$ su - Password: xxxxxxxxxx [r...@leland ~]# /usr/bin/gvim [r...@leland ~]# Regards, LelandJ Pete Theisen wrote: > On Fri, 2009-05-15 at 12:58 +0100, Adam Buckland wrote: >> su - > > Hi Adam! > > Yeah, that only works within the terminal, though. Trying to edit a > configuration file in a gui editor. I can open the file, paste the lines > in it that need to be there (to include some additional apt sources) but > it won't let me save it. It would be helpful if it gave me a screen > saying that what I am doing requires root priviliges and let me sign in > there but it instead says I maybe mispelled something in the file name - > but I didn't change the filename so it can't be mispelled. > > That is so I can find a driver to work with two monitors. > >> Well, to begin with, there isn't any obvious way to become root. > > Regards, > > Pete > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
