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Originally posted by dizzutch if you have access to the root password
$su -
$vi /dir/to/file
if you have sudo access
$sudo vi /dir/to/file
otherwise, you can't then there is a reason they're root access only.
-JSS
i cant understand with those /dir/to/file i want to edit a file what shd i do can ya plz help me explaining that lines
and also i cant use NANO when i type this comand in tereminal its saying bad command plz help me
i m automatically getting logged in as "my username" when i logged out what should i do now i cant even edit the inittab file so that i can start with super user mode plz help
You should go to the command line terminal - in Mandrake, that's probably the programs Konsole or xterm.
Here, you can change to the super user - also known as root - by typing
Code:
su
You will be asked for the administrator password. Enter it, and you are root. You can then start the editor from the command line. That is probably gedit or KWrite. Once you have started the editor, you can open the file from the editor. Then the file will be edited with root rights, and you can save the changes.
You should use the su command to have administrator rights for short, specific tasks. You should not log in from the beginning as the super user/root/administrator.
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