>> I'm not good at the command line (Just past newbie). I try to edit .conf >> files to set up samba but the text editor tells me I don't have >> permission. All of the system admin functions ask me for authorization >> and then let me do whatever but not the text editor. I have added the gdm >> group to the directories the gnome docs told me to (/run/gdm). I have >> added the gdm group to my user group profile. How can I get a GUI text >> editor to let me edit .conf files? > you can also use this command: su -c 'gedit /etc/your_file.conf' Password: Give your root password when it asks. -- Rangeen Basu Roy Chowdhury Fedora Ambassador sherry151@xxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines