Questions tagged [elevation]

I find that with vim, if I try and edit a file which as a normal user I do not have write access with, even if I use sudo, I am unable to write to it, although if I use nano to edit the same file it works. So for instance if I do: sudo vim…

I have multiple Ubuntu Precise servers and workstations, all of which suffer from the same really infuriating problem: when the "System Problem Detected" dialog comes up due to something or other crashing, clicking "Report Problem" throws an…

Sometimes I need to edit files in /etc. I know I can do this with the console (sudo mv some/file /etc/some/file, sudo nano /etc/some/file) etc, but I find this way a bit clunky. Call me spoiled, but I'm really used to GUI tools such as Nautilus and…

I know sudo can be setup with NOPASSWD so that it will not ask for a password when executed. This is more of a security for a person with ADHD/ADD rather than 'best security' - I understand the false sense of security compared to a full blown…