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[Patrick Shanahan <ptilopteri@xxxxxxxxx>]

* A. den Oudsten <AdenOudsten@xxxxxx> [11-22-06 11:12]:
> I tried to change /etc/fstab as su and used Kwrite, but when I tried
> to save the changes I got the message:
> it's not possible to write to file:///etc/fstab
> 
> How can I overcome this barrier?

/etc/fstab is owned by <root> and you do not have rights to edit as
/<user>.  To make changes, you must become <root>, ie: sudo or su.

note:  be sure to save a copy of fstab prior to editing just in case
you do something the system doesn't like  :^)....
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