You have probably been asked this numerous times, sorry if so... But is this the command you use to get root access: su - root When you cd to /etc/samba are the permissions on smb.conf 644? Cheers-- Charles >-----Original Message----- >From: psyche-list-admin@redhat.com [mailto:psyche-list-admin@redhat.com] On >Behalf Of David Mascot >Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2002 1:15 PM >To: psyche-list@redhat.com >Subject: newbie having problems editing files > >When in Bash after typing su and getting to the root I'm still having >problems editing files that are supposed to be editable. I'm always >getting a "Permission denied". >I'm trying to configure Samba. >Thanks, >Dave -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list