Difference between revisions of "Viewing and editing configuration files"
Viewing and editing configuration files (view source)
Revision as of 08:51, 16 October 2018
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== Editing files requiring privilege escalation == | == Editing files requiring privilege escalation == | ||
{{Warning|Never use sudo to run a graphical text editor. This can have unintended consequences or break the permission to configuration files that should not be owned by root.}} | |||
Many of the graphical text editors will automatically ask for privilege escalation when they detect that you cannot write to a file. | Many of the graphical text editors will automatically ask for privilege escalation when they detect that you cannot write to a file. | ||
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sudo mv ~/fstab /etc/fstab | sudo mv ~/fstab /etc/fstab | ||
[[Category:Contents Page]] | [[Category:Contents Page]] | ||