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Permalink Reply by Nikhil V R on February 26, 2012 at 19:04

You want to sign in as a root user in ubuntu.

try the command   sudo -i

then passwd of your account

Then try the command     sudo passwd root

then enter a new password and confirm

Just log out  sign in as root as log in name and your password

Then you can edit any file

Also you can edit any file with sudo gedit command

then your user pasword

a window will open

drag and drop the file you need to edit to that window

after editing then click save

eg:

if you want to edit a file  /etc/koha/koha-conf.xml

try

sudo gedit /etc/koha/koha-conf.xml

type your passwd

u r done.....

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