having problems changing permissions

RedEyez · 02-14-2007, 01:17 AM

i need to change the file permisions to write for my user account in mandriva 2007 free, so that i can set up ppp but when i type chmod a+w /etc/syslog.conf or any other file the command executes with no error but when i try to open it in the text editor it wont let me save changes says that it is still read only.

another question... is there a way to login to kde as root in this version of mandriva? if so how is this accomplished.

thanks alot in advance

tbutttbutt · 02-14-2007, 01:40 AM

Why don't you open a terminal and do 'su' and then run an editor from the console and edit the file. The directory may not have the proper permissions for you to write and you shouldn't change that.

RedEyez · 02-14-2007, 03:12 PM

thanks for the post i installed emacs and its pretty easy to use from the shell

ernie · 02-15-2007, 02:03 AM

If you just want a simple text editor, open a terminal window and su to root then enter:

kwrite /etc/syslog.conf

That will open /etc/syslog.conf in kwrite as root and you should be able to save your changes OK.

HTH,

RedEyez · 02-16-2007, 03:12 PM

thats cool i didnt know that you could open a file as root in kwrite from the console, i thought kwrite was only able to be invoked from the k menu