Editing in /etc

[mickeyboy]

I have tried to edit /etc/default/bluetooth and I did a "sudo konqueror" , "sudo vi" , and it says I don't have write privileges
I also tried to login as "root" and it tells me "failed" and I know password is correct.
If I had to change SU password how would I do it in Kubuntu?
Jim

[Qqmike]

Re: Editing in /etc

Should be kdesu konqueror.
But, anyway, did you try
sudo su
to get root terminal?

[mickeyboy]

Re: Editing in /etc

Thanks for your reply.
I have trouble getting use to how Kubuntu verses Fedora does it

[Snowhog]

Re: Editing in /etc

You could have as easily, used Konqueror to navigate to the file in question, right-clicked the file and selected Actions > Edit as Root, which is actually the 'better' way to edit a file 'as root' as you are only being granted 'root privileges' for the specific task.

[Qqmike]

Re: Editing in /etc

... and, as you probably know, after getting a root terminal, as soon as you are done with the task at hand, it's good practice to "back out" to your normal user's terminal by typing
exit
to get your normal prompt (not as root).
Just in case


btw, there's a technical reason why
sudo su
is a naughty thing to do
(but it always works )
but a Linux dev is the one who gave it to me as a measure of last resort.