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randomvector · June 28, 2010, 6:47pm

Hello,

I am use to open files that I need to edit as root just by opening as administrator. I have switched from Linux mint to openSUSE but I’m having great difficulty just adjusting the blacklist conf file. This is annoying as I need to change it so I can get online. Is there a quick way to open permission temporarily as root so I can adjust files.

hendersj · June 28, 2010, 7:11pm

On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:56:02 +0000, randomvector wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am use to open files that I need to edit as root just by opening as
> administrator. I have switched from Linux mint to openSUSE but I’m
> having great difficulty just adjusting the blacklist conf file. This is
> annoying as I need to change it so I can get online. Is there a quick
> way to open permission temporarily as root so I can adjust files.

You don’t say whether you’re using KDE or GNOME, but you can run any
command as root using either kdesu or gnomesu.

I use GNOME and know the command is:

gnomesu -c ‘gedit /etc/fstab’

(for example)

For KDE it’ll be similar.

Jim

–
Jim Henderson
openSUSE Forums Administrator

DenverD · June 28, 2010, 8:09pm

Jim Henderson wrote:
> For KDE it’ll be similar.

@randomvector
[COPY]
kdesu kate
[/COPY]

will work in KDE…

do NOT log into KDE, Gnome, XFCE or etc as root/superuser

randomvector · June 28, 2010, 9:45pm

I am using Gnome and trying to edit modprobe.d and its not working

DenverD · June 28, 2010, 10:26pm

randomvector wrote:
> I am using Gnome and trying to edit modprobe.d and its not working

modprobe.d is not a file, it is a directory so it can’t be
edited…you said earlier you wanted to adjust your blacklist, if you
are sure of that then you have to use the correct format to get
there…try


gnomesu -c 'gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist'

if it is blacklist you want to edit…when finished editing with
gedit then save and close gedit first, then the terminal…

let us know if that works ok for you…