downdogWoof 0 Posted September 28, 2004 Hi All, I'm logged in as root, but, when choosing properties, it says I'm not the owner. I also changed the file's permissions, to allow w for others, and then edited in gedit, but, when saving, it said it couldn't save the file. What am I doing wrong..? Cheers. P.S. I'm a newbie to Linux. downdogWoof... Share this post Link to post
Dapper Dan 0 Posted September 28, 2004 Open a terminal and become root and go: chmod 644 /etc/yum.conf [enter] Then: chown root /etc/yum.conf [enter] Still as root, open it with gedit... gedit /etc/yum.conf [enter] Then edit the file and see if you can now save it. Share this post Link to post
downdogWoof 0 Posted September 29, 2004 Hi All, wow, success, thanx. Would you mind explaining why I needed to do all that(or, why I couldn't edit it if I were already root)..? Cheers. P.S. Also, when doing the last action, this appeared, (gedit:2691): GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session manager: Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed. What is it..? Anything to worry about..? Cheers, again. downdogWoof... Share this post Link to post
