Subj : Path
To   : DesotoFireflite
From : bcw142
Date : Thu Jul 30 2015 18:01:00

  Re: Path
  By: DesotoFireflite to Nightfox on Tue Jun 16 2015 15:38:13

 > Maybe it's just me. I went in and tried to edit the files, and now I can't s
 > them. It's so frustrating, I feel like I'm in first grade all over again. I
 > went into the vim editor in terminal, typed i to edit the file, and I was ab
 > to type my changes, but then when I typed :e to exit and save, it won't ever
 > save. I tried using other editors, and keep getting permission errors.
 > Honestly, I'm trying to do this on my own with the help of google, and the d
 > from opensuse, but I'm just over my head. It shouldn't be that hard to perm 
 > the path. I know I'm going to have that ahha moment when it all clicks, and 
 > hope it's soon. LOL.. Thanks for all your help, you know I appreciate it.

Often when saving stuff you have to use su. You mentioned permissions, so that
is likely the issue. For example:
su vi /etc/hosts
to edit the hosts file and add IPs that are used a lot. It's that root owns the
files often times like the old .rc files (startup files).

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