Newbie, Directories permissions

sypherz · #1 (**permalink**) 04-22-2008

Basicly im trying to edit a file for apache2 in /var/etc/apache2 and i dont have permissions, my login name is associated with root but i still can't do anything, Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks in advance!

sypherz · #2 (**permalink**) 04-22-2008

Sorry i also for forgot in using ubuntu 7.10

era · #3 (**permalink**) 04-22-2008

Use the sudo command to get elevated privileges.

If you want to use a graphical editor, something like sudo gedit /var/etc/apache2/fnord.conf

sypherz · #4 (**permalink**) 04-22-2008

era, that was perfect, thank you very much

works great

For anyone reading this post regarding the same thing make sure you dont control C out of the terminal until after you have saved the file you are editing

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