Ray that is SWEET! as they say just south of us in Arkansas... That worked like a charm... Now I can really screw it up... then copy the original back LOL.
Thanks a million John > Message: 7 > Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 07:43:47 -0500 > From: Ray Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Editing tkemc.tcl file > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain > > > Hi John > > In the ubuntu environment sudo and your user password is sufficient to > gain some root privilege. > > Since I do a lot of editing of things owned by root I create a > launcher on my desktop. Right click and select create launcher. I > name it sudo edit and add "gksudo "gnome-open %u"" (remove the > outermost quotes) in the command space under the launcher tab. > > Now I can search for the file I want to edit in a root owned directory > and drag and drop it onto this icon, answer with my root password and > I'm in. > > Rayh ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
