On Wednesday 04 February 2004 11:20, Merlin Zener wrote: > On Wed, 2004-02-04 at 04:29, Anne Wilson wrote: > > [...snip] > > I'm not sure what's gone before, Merlin, but here's my thoughts. > > Assuming you're using 9.2? Try > > kdesu > > That brings up konqueror with root priveleges, I believe. You > > should then be able to right-click /etc/hosts and edit it. HTH > > Hi Anne, > No, I'm using 9.0 - and it didn't work; it said "No command > specified". Must be some new addition I guess. > In 9.0 you should have File Manager - Super User Mode. Using that you can open /etc/host with kedit, kwrite or any other editor and save the amended file, because you need the root password to access FM-SUMode.
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