running programs as root in KDE

[Elliott Chapin]

On 09/12/2011 08:25 PM, Gerhard Magnus wrote:
> As a longtime gnome user, I've been disappointed in finding my hardware
> simply can't handle gnome3 of FC15 and have switched to KDE. I've
> connected to the Internet and now want to enter the names of IP
> addresses of my other boxes in /etc/hosts. Something that used to be
> simple -- i.e. open Konsole, then as superuser, kwrite /etc/hosts&  --
> doesn't work and instead delivers error messages that make no sense to
> me, let alone give me anything to work with.
>
> Clearly there must be an easier way to do this but, so far at least,
> Google has not been my friend. One "howto" suggested using the "Run
> command..." from the K menu and then completing the "run as different
> user" section of the "Options" menu, but the "Options" menu doesn't
> exist in this version of KDE.
>
> Any suggestions would be most appreciated so I can continue with this
> upgrade. I don't mind using Linux being an ongoing adventure, but this
> is a bit much.
>
> Jerry
>

vi should do it - elementary use is actually easy. Other editors are 
blocked in many environments.

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