Larry Landen wrote: > Some time has passed (and a few updates), and I wanted to edit the > file that shows grub during bootup. I tried to again follow the > advice in your email about editing the /etc/gub.conf file. It worked > the first time you emailed me, but now I cannot edit the file. There > appears a lock over the icon; and when I try to open the file, the > following appears: > You do not have enough permissions to read file:///etc/grub.conf > I don't know what changed. Do you know what I could do to be able to > edit this file? > Larry
Assuming that you're using kwrite... 1. open up a terminal. (Eterm, xterm, or whatever) 2. Type 'su' to switch to "root", and type in the password. root has the proper permissions. 3. Type kwrite /etc/grub.conf 4. Don't break stuff, save it, and exit. 5. Type 'exit' to stop being root. 6. Close the terminal. I've also seen a program in KDE (Menu -> System Tools -> File Manager - Super User Mode) that is a file manager with root privileges, though personally, that scares me. -- Topher Fischer GnuPG Fingerprint: 3597 1B8D C7A5 C5AF 2E19 EFF5 2FC3 BE99 D123 6674 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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