minky arora wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Pardon me if this question is not relevant to this list.Any help will
> be appreciated. I am quite new to Fink and the Vim editor.I am trying
> to change fink.conf and am getting an error 212 on me saying" read
> only file cnt be changed".
>
> Is there a particular setting I need to change in Vim for this? Ive
> tried to use Chmod etc but no luck,
>
> Please Advise
>
> many thanks
>
>   
Try prefacing the command with "sudo"

sudo vim /sw/etc/fink.conf

-- 
Alexander K. Hansen
Fink User Liaison/Documenter
akh AT finkproject DOT org


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