Re: How to access locked files on FC6 from FC2 on same machine
- From: Nigel Henry <cave.dnb@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:14:05 +0200
On Monday 30 April 2007 09:44, Tim wrote:
On Sun, 2007-04-29 at 18:35 +0200, Nigel Henry wrote:
I'm usually running FC2, but also have FC5, and FC6 on this machine. I
have access to FC6's / directory from FC2, but some files,
/boot/grub/grub.conf have a darned big padlock on them, so I can't even
read them. I try to answer the odd question from the list, and just being
able to post a few lines from a file is usefull.
As pointed out by the other poster, those files require root access for
reading (as well as writing). One reason being that they can contain
passwords, or other data that must be keep secret from ordinary users.
To become root, type into a console: su -
Then issue commands from that console (e.g. start up a text reader, in
there).
Apologies Tim, and Vivek. I've just re-read the reply I sent to Vivek, and
think I must have been running in idiot mode when I wrote it.
I was so obsessed with that desktop icon that opened FC6's / directory in user
mode, that I totally ignored the "do it as root" option on the CLI.
All the best.
Nigel.
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