Clams.....

Roger arelem at bigpond.com
Sun Sep 9 23:20:59 UTC 2012


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



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