cant access any files in root (gksudo gedit /etc/samba/smbusers)

[farkewie]

Hi firstly i have to say that kubuntu is looking awesome!! haven't touch linux in about 2 years its looking great now.

ive been playing with Ubuntu and kubuntu, i much prefer the KDE enviroment but am having some trouble,

i cant edit any files in my root directory im using the ubuntu walkthroughs to install samba, apache, php5 and mysql. they all install but i cant edit any of the config files.

Example:

this

 gksudo gedit /etc/samba/smbusers

returns this

Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: No protocol specified


(gksudo:5943): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:

any help would be great,

[Rog131]

Re: cant access any files in root (gksudo gedit /etc/samba/smbusers)

gksudo, gedit are ubuntu/gnome programs. If you haven't installed those...


Kubuntu uses kdesu and kate (or kwrite).

So press Alt +F2 and kdesu kate /etc/samba/smbusers.

More:
File permissions / Editing Files that Belong to Root
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/permissions

Linux keyboard shortcuts you should know about - Pio's blog
http://blog.i64.pl/PiosBlog/200610/2...ld-know-about/

[farkewie]

Re: cant access any files in root (gksudo gedit /etc/samba/smbusers)

thanks i did install gedit and gksu but want working all ok now thanks