How to save a read-only file in GUI

Hi,

I have a read only conf file I need to change and save.

I have tried many things but can never seem to get anything to save in that extra directory.

How can I do this please in GUI?

Thanks

Have you tried:

Code:

sudo nano edit [name of .conf file]

ozstar wrote:Hi,

I have a read only conf file I need to change and save.

I have tried many things but can never seem to get anything to save in that extra directory.

How can I do this please in GUI?

Thanks

You can also open your file in elevated text editor. If you are using gedit, for example:

Code:

pkexec gedit

then Open File from within the gedit window.

Code:

sudo nautilus

Be very careful because now nautilus has the ability to add/delete root folders/files.

If you were asking just for permissions then right click and select Properties and then the Permissions tab and change as you wish.

MMmm Tried but got this.. any ideas why?

Code:

david@david-HP-Compaq-6000-Pro-MT-PC:~$ pkexec gedit
Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused

(gedit:17841): Gtk-WARNING **: 11:08:47.751: cannot open display:

but the sudo nautilus one did work. I was able to save (replace) the conf file.

Thank you both, but I'd like to know why the other didn't work.

oz

ozstar wrote:MMmm Tried but got this.. any ideas why?

Code:

david@david-HP-Compaq-6000-Pro-MT-PC:~$ pkexec gedit
Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused

(gedit:17841): Gtk-WARNING **: 11:08:47.751: cannot open display:

but the sudo nautilus one did work. I was able to save (replace) the conf file.

Thank you both, but I'd like to know why the other didn't work.

oz

Interesting read here:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/802649/ ... hen-sudo-i

Yes interesting read. At my level sudo will do I think !