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Re: Text editor won't let me edit conf files. How do I?
- From: Aaron Konstam <akonstam sbcglobal net>
- To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora." <fedora-list redhat com>
- Subject: Re: Text editor won't let me edit conf files. How do I?
- Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:32:19 -0600
On Fri, 2009-03-06 at 14:54 -0500, Matthew Flaschen wrote:
> Aaron Konstam wrote:
>
> >> Give your root password when it asks.
> >> -
> > The essential point is that you have to be root to edit files with only
> > root w permissions
>
> No, you don't. This is the whole point of sudoedit.
>
> Matt Flaschen
>
Your nit picking. Sudo allows you root privileges on a limited basis.
You still have to have root privileges, which was my point.
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