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I wanted to change bash history # lines kept and tried to edit this file, but says permission denied.
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 842 May 24 2004 /etc/profile
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- 09-04-2005 #1Just Joined!
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Editing /etc/profile? Can't as root
I wanted to change bash history # lines kept and tried to edit this file, but says permission denied.
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 842 May 24 2004 /etc/profile
I am logged in as root (from su), but says permission denied. I have tried editing other root only files (with same permissions), and works ok?
Anyone know why root can't edit this file and some way around it?
- 09-05-2005 #2Trusted Penguin
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Your filesystem isn't mounted read-only is it?
You could also try using 'su -' to change to the root user instead of 'su'.Linux user #126863 - see http://linuxcounter.net/
- 09-05-2005 #3Linux Guru
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I wouldn't edit /etc/profile anyway. Your changes may get clobbered during certain updates.
Instead edit ~/.profile for the user(s).
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