How to replace a system read only file?

[shatou]

Help!!! First of all, this is the best linux forum ever..... Shout for Linux!! Now, I have a moto razr2 V8, with MobiLinux 4.1 OS, likely i can log on the system files, using FileZilla & Command Prompet, it's something like a linux on windows platform...anyway, i'd like to know is there any possible way to replace or even edit a read only system file....such as font....

[i92guboj]

Help!!! First of all, this is the best linux forum ever..... Shout for Linux!! Now, I have a moto razr2 V8, with MobiLinux 4.1 OS, likely i can log on the system files, using FileZilla & Command Prompet, it's something like a linux on windows platform...anyway, i'd like to know is there any possible way to replace or even edit a read only system file....such as font....

I have no idea at all what you are asking. Try to use some punctuation marks and rephrase your question.

If you are using the Windows OS, you should be asking in a forum for Windows users.

[shatou]

I have a motorola phone razr2 V8, with MobiLinux 4.1 as OS, I can access some of the system files on that phone, but unlikely some of these files are "ready only System File", so i can't edit them, i tried using chmod but gives the same message "Read Only System File".... so all i am asking about how to edit these files??

[i92guboj]

I have a motorola phone razr2 V8, with MobiLinux 4.1 as OS, I can access some of the system files on that phone, but unlikely some of these files are "ready only System File", so i can't edit them, i tried using chmod but gives the same message "Read Only System File".... so all i am asking about how to edit these files??

Right. Now I understand.

Unfortunately, I am not familiar with mobilinux. I know it's based on linux, but I don't know to what degree it diverges from the official 2.6 kernel. I guess it's heavily patched.

I guess that you don't operate by default as root, so, the first thing would be to figure how to log in as root, which should have god-like powers. But logging as root might be disabled, just like in Ubuntu. I don't know what software subset can you use in mobilinux. Maybe sudo is available?

Sorry, but I really know nothing specific to this OS.

[shatou]

Right. Now I understand.

Unfortunately, I am not familiar with mobilinux. I know it's based on linux, but I don't know to what degree it diverges from the official 2.6 kernel. I guess it's heavily patched.

I guess that you don't operate by default as root, so, the first thing would be to figure how to log in as root, which should have god-like powers. But logging as root might be disabled, just like in Ubuntu. I don't know what software subset can you use in mobilinux. Maybe sudo is available?

Sorry, but I really know nothing specific to this OS.

well, thanks for your reply,
yup, i can log in as root using a comand prompt on Windows, & i can log in as root & passward: root using FileZilla, i don't know is this what u mean by "root"?... How can i use sudo??..... can u recommend any forums for MobiLinux, i searched & found almost nothing

[i92guboj]

It seems that montavista is the enterprise in charge of mobilinux. In their home there are some docs. I haven't checked anything, maybe it's worth a look, I don't know.

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