Re: package managers problem
On Tue, 20 Jun 2023 17:34:45 -0400
gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> wrote:
> My fav editor, geany is also
> dead for roots use for exactly he same reason, but runs just fine as
> me. So there is a common problem.
Well, you could do it the right way: edit as you with geany in a work
directory, copy to/from the real location with a root-powered file
manager, such as mc under sudo in a terminal. Alter owner/perms as
required with mc.
That way still allows mistakes to be made, but you made a renamed copy
of the edited file before you started, didn't you? Using a non-gui
graphical application such as mc can also help with discipline: doing
something in mc? Then be damn careful, because you're probably root. I
hardly ever use mc unprivileged, I have GUI file managers for non-root
work.
--
Joe
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