>
> Working on my website I would like to copy text from open office write
> to the Mambo editor on my host server but mozilla won't allow it unless
> I change some files. One of the files to be changed is root access only.
> I know the root username and password but it doesn't seem to give me an
> opportunity to put it in anywhere.
Pete,
Did you get an answer to this? I'm reading back over the last week's
mail after being sick and don't see any replies.
The short answer is that you can open a terminal window, change to root
in that terminal window, and then have at your file with your now
rootlike powers and whatnot.
To change to root, issue the 'su' command or the 'su -' command. The
first one simply turns you into root but leaves everything else 'as is'
(such as the environment, your current directory, etc.) while the second
one sets you up with roots environment and settings.
HTH,
Whil
>
> I tried to open the file in a konquerer window but that won't let me
> change the permissions of the offending file unless I am root, but won't
> let me become root. What the heck?
>
> I could log in to start as root, but then I would be on the web as root
> which is asking for trouble they tell me. You have to be connected to
> get a crack at the stuff (lines and lines of text) they want you to feed
> in. I had it all done and then couldn't save it. Can't paste it anywhere
> because you have to change the permissions first. The file I have to
> change is user.js. The other one was prefs.js, it was easy enough
> because it wasn't read only.
>
> Regards,
>
> Pete
>
>
>
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