Clams.....

[Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.]

On 09/09/2012 07:20 PM, Roger wrote:
> On 09/10/2012 07:07 AM, Doug wrote:
>> 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
>>
> As a matter of curiosity, have you set up sudo?
> sudo allows one to perform certain root commands as if root.
> Once set up, the command sudo gedit /etc/filename would ask for the 
> user password and grant root access to edit the file.
>
> Roger
>

That I did....and that's how I was able to get access to change the 
"freshclam.conf" file and finally have the ClamAV update to the latest 
version....


EGO II