Edit file File name : gedit-edit-as-root.page Content :<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="topic" style="task" id="gedit-edit-as-root"> <info> <link type="guide" xref="index#gedit-working-with-files"/> <desc>Use administrative privileges to edit a file.</desc> <revision pkgversion="3.8" date="2013-03-07" status="final"/> <credit type="author"> <name>Jim Campbell</name> <email>jcampbell@gnome.org</email> </credit> <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/> </info> <title>Edit a file as the root user</title> <note style="warning"> <p>Editing files as the root user is potentially dangerous, and may break your system in bad ways. Take great care when editing files as the root user.</p> </note> <p>To edit files as the root user, launch <app>gedit</app> from the terminal by entering:</p> <code>sudo gedit</code> <p>Using the <cmd>sudo</cmd> command, you will need to successfully enter your password before <app>gedit</app> will open.</p> <p>As an alternative to the <cmd>sudo</cmd> command, you may obtain administrative privileges by entering:</p> <code>su -</code> <p>You would then launch <app>gedit</app> using the <cmd>gedit</cmd> command.</p> <note style="tip"> <p>Once you have opened <app>gedit</app> with administrative privileges, <app>gedit</app> will keep those privileges until you close it.</p> </note> </page> Save