Permission Dilemma trying to edit

ELECTRONICSFREAK · 10-10-2008, 09:16 AM

I am trying to edit the config file for samba, but I get a message saying I do not have permission to do so. I have also read logging in as root is a big no no and its nearly impossible to do so it seems on ubuntu anyway. Ubuntu is the version of linux im using. How can I get permission to edit the config file or do administrative things without logging in as root? I know you can use sudo and have permission to do many of things, but I am not sure how I can edit the contents of a file with that? I am new to linux.

Thanks

shadowsnipes · 10-10-2008, 09:24 AM

I think Ubuntu uses gksu to allow you to obtain root perms for GUI tasks. So,something like

Code:

gksu gedit file.txt

Alternatively, if using a command line editor you can do something like

Code:

sudo vi file.txt

You would probably rather use nano than vi, though, for editing.

ELECTRONICSFREAK · 10-10-2008, 10:05 AM

Thanks. One other question now, how do I rename my hard drives so that both do not say "new volume". I have 2 500GB drives for storage that it automatically named "new volume".

jgallo · 10-10-2008, 11:27 AM

you start a new thread
heheh