RE: [Sheflug] editing and saving system files

["Dawson, Alan" <DawsonA [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Johnson [mailto:chris [at] seseaz.org.uk]
> 
> I'm editing some of the config files to set up my linux box 
> as a samba/mail
> server for our windows network.
> I've got KDE as my UI and am using kate as my text editor.  
> What I want to
> know is how I can save the files (once edited) as I'm logged 
> in as me not as
> root.  I can su in a command line to get root privileges but 
> can I do the
> same in an xwindows session to enable me to save files.  I'm 
> not too keen on
> using vi as I'm trying to learn the OS and don't have time to 
> learn vi as
> well.
> 
Instead of su, you could type 

sux 
then 
kate
in your xterm

And you might get a kate session running as root on your (unpriviliged)
desktop

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