On Thursday 06 August 2009 12:52:55 Mick M. wrote: > Hi; > I am running a fully updated F11/KDE x64 box. > > It seems to me that I used to be able to surf my filesysten as a user. > Find a file owned by 'root' and edit it. > Then either at the start or end of the edit (save), I would be asked for > roots password. > > Now I can edit a file owned by root, but cannot save it. > No prompt for password is given. > > e.g. using dolphin defaults to 'gedit' then 'save' : > > Could not save the file /etc/pulse/daemon.conf. > You do not have the permissions necessary to save the file. Please check > that you typed the location correctly and try again. > > > Is this configuable/fixable: > I can of course sudo but not in a gui. > > Mick M. > > > Standard guarantee applies - 30 feet or 30 seconds, whichever comes first. Memory plays such tricks ;-) You've never been able to do what you want to do. It would be nice, I agree. I've often cursed after making the same mistake. I don't know why you can't - but I assume there's a reason ;-) Anne -- New to KDE4? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org Just found a cool new feature? Add it to UserBase
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