Awesome this was perfect! I need to brush up on my basics, again. Thanks, Joel
On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 8:42 AM, Cooky Hex <cooky...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi. I'm from Ubuntu and I'm used to "sudo" to do this kind of work. > Could you tell me is that good practice in OpenSolaris? > > (I think you can backup the old file, then use "su" to be root, then > just use "cp" to overwrite that file. After that, don't forget to use > "exit" to be normal user back. > Also you can you "sudo cp new_file_path old_path" to execute this > piece of command. Remeber to user "su" then "visudo" to add your > account to sudoers.) > > On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 9:07 PM, Higgins <joelc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > What is the best way to edit xorg.conf? Obviously I can't do this from my > user account because of privileges. I'd like to copy a new file over the > existing one if possible. I suppose I could pull up a terminal as root and > go vim xorg.conf but I'd like to know how to copy my new file over. > > > > :) > > -- > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > > _______________________________________________ > > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > > opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org > > > > > > -- > Cooky > Keep It Simple, Stupid >
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