On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 16:17, Bruce Kemp <wb7ooe@gmail.
>> In your terminal do this:
>>
>> # su -
>>
>> then enter the root password, then you can cd into /etc and edit to
>> your hearts content...
>>
>>
>>
> Mint, being a derivitave of Ubuntu, does not use su, it uses sudo.
> Bruce
Ahhh... wasn't sure... there are too many derivatives out there to
keep track of these days...
But even then, Ubuntu (the #!CrunchBang derivative, at least) does use
su, but uses it with sudo:
sudo su -
;-)
But point taken. And now I even know what people are talking about
when they say they are running Mint...
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