Re: Cannot display /etc/fstab

From: Gordon (gordon_at_gbpcomputing.co.uk.invalid)
Date: 06/23/05 

Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 09:27:22 +0100

Ivan Marsh wrote:
>>"Ivan Marsh" <annoyed@you.now> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
>>news:pan.2005.06.22.17.35.58.975100@you.now...
>>
>>>On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 02:13:10 +0200, cody wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>I got the message when attempting to open this file from the GUI
>>>>(gnome).
>>>
>>>Shall we try and guess which application you were attempting to view
>>>the file with?
>>>
>
> On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 19:45:19 +0200, cody wrote:
>
>
>>Thanks for answering me.
>>
>>By default is is opened with the TextEditor. I tried other programs, the
>>same message, so I guess the message came from the OS, not from the
>>specific application. I have no clue what the cause of the problem could
>>be.
>
>
> Well, if you have rights to the file, which root should, and you still
> can't open it that's a bit of a head scratcher.
>
> This may be an issue with being logged into the GUI as root. Some say you
> should never do that... I'm not sure why. I don't log in as root as a rule
> in general, so maybe someone else has some insight into that.
>

Slightly off-topic but similar, when I su in a terminal, (FC4) I can't
use FDISK! I get bash - fdisk not found. Yet if I log in as Root user, I
can use FDISK! Strange. 

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