Reg wrote: > Robert Fisher wrote: > >> On Wednesday 13 June 2007 4:01 pm, Reg wrote: >> >> >> >>> Have practiced adding shares today a couple of times with the right >>> clicking method successfully. >>> >>> >> Easy eh? >> >> >>> Regarding editing files: if I am logged in as reg I can do it by >>> logging right off and logging in again as root, but is there a quicker >>> way to get root access without having to log right out and back in again? >>> >>> >> I use either of two methods:- >> >> 1/ Open a terminal screen, type su - (that's "su -"), press enter, enter >> root >> password (now you are logged into the session as root) >> type nano -w /path/to/filename (you do know about tab completion don't you?) >> press enter >> >> (I know you do not have nano on your system yet Reg but I do recommend it as >> being far more intuitive than vi - which you saw David using last night) >> >> 2/ Open, in KDE, "File Manager - Super User Mode" then enter the root >> password, browse to the file, right click it and open with kwrite. >> (Not sure if Suse calls it "File Manager - Super User Mode" but most KDE >> distros do. Volker?) >> >> Rob >> >> >> > with option 2 I think by file manager you mean konqueror > and I would execute: > > ALT + F2 > kdesu konqueror > > as it doesnt seem to be on a menu. > > > either way I tried that and it still doesnt let me save a file in kwrite?? > > reg > > actually it does, second time lucky worked fine :-)
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