Can't Edit yum.conf on RH9

#1 downdogWoof

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Posted 28 September 2004 - 09:00 PM

Hi All,

I'm logged in as root, but, when choosing properties, it says I'm not the owner. I also changed the file's permissions, to allow w for others, and then edited in gedit, but, when saving, it said it couldn't save the file. What am I doing wrong..? Cheers.

P.S. I'm a newbie to Linux.

downdogWoof...

#2 Dapper Dan

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Posted 28 September 2004 - 11:19 PM

Open a terminal and become root and go:

chmod 644 /etc/yum.conf [enter]

Then:

chown root /etc/yum.conf [enter]

Still as root, open it with gedit...

gedit /etc/yum.conf [enter]

Then edit the file and see if you can now save it.

#3 downdogWoof

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Posted 29 September 2004 - 05:51 PM

Hi All,

wow, success, thanx. Would you mind explaining why I needed to do all that(or, why I couldn't edit it if I were already root)..? Cheers.

P.S. Also, when doing the last action, this appeared,

(gedit:2691): GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session manager:
Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed.

What is it..? Anything to worry about..? Cheers, again.

downdogWoof...