Clams.....

[Doug]

On 09/09/2012 10:03 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> On Sat, 2012-09-08 at 23:39 -0400, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
>> On 09/08/2012 11:11 PM, Roger wrote:
>>> Try gedit.
>>>
>>> sudo gedit /etc/mfreshclam.conf
>>> put a # in front of the word Example, a few lies fromt he top of the
>>> file, then <crtl s> to save the file
>>> Exit gedit and in the terminal type sudo freshclam and it will go and
>>> get the virus files.
>>> Roger
>>>
>>>
>>>>> Interestingly enough, I don't have "nano" OR "pico"....when I try
>>>>> either of those I get a "Command not found" message.....hmmm.....
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> EGO II
>>>> OK, you should be able to do this from a GUI editor.  I opened KWrite
>>>> and made my way to freshclam.conf.  I'm not sure how you would
>>>> proceed if you need to be root to edit the file.
>>>> It just never occurred to me that you could edit a bash file using a
>>>> GUI editor.  Someone will surely step in and tell me how to do it if
>>>> you need to have root permission to edit the file.
>>>> In the meantime, try it without root, and see if it works.  Just put
>>>> that # in front of Example on the eighth (?) line and save the file.
>>>> (You may not have KWrite--it's a KDE file--but there
>>>> is certainly some simple editor available on your distro.)
>>>>
>>>> --doug
>>>>
>> Even using GEdit....when I go to "Save" the changes I make to the text
>> document it's telling me I don't have permission to do it. How do you
>> access a text file in graphical mode with the "root" credentials?
>>
> Just become root (su -) and edit the file.
>
>
Several folks have answered this:  you have to access the editor
from the command line.  Even if it's a GUI editor. So if you want to
use gedit, or Kate, you'd have to go to a terminal, and become root,
either by su > password > Kate, or sudo Kate.  Then find and open
the file and edit it, and save it.It should save OK, since you were
running in root.

--doug


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