Re: su and X question

[Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@gmail.com>]

On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 10:05:23 +0200
Chris <list.hurschler@gmx.de> wrote:

> On Thursday 13 April 2006 06:07, Paul Johnson wrote:
> > On Wednesday 12 April 2006 09:49, Chris wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > Hi I'd like to open X-applications like the in the example below from an
> > > su Terminal, but get an Xlib connection error.  I have set up sudo so
> > > that: sudo kwrite /etc/fstab works, but how come it doesn't in a normal
> > > su Terminal?
> >
> > Try sudo instead, and better to use the simplest software possible when
> > running as root... there are plenty of console editors, I suggest one of
> > those as your editor while root.
> 
> Thanks for your suggestion.  I do mostly use vi in console as root, but I'm 
> not a programmer, and I've never figured out how to move or copy blocks of 
> text in vi.  I took a posters advice an installed sux which allows me to use 
> kwrite in an su session.  What other editor would you have suggested?
> 
> Chris

try mcedit (part of mc), nano, joe, ...

Andrei
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