Save an edited file in nano, but no permissions
I edited a file in /etc/ that I want to save, but forgot to open it using sudo. I remember there was a command to save such a file in vi, and want to know if there is any such way to do it in nano?
Thanks.
sudo text-editor nano
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I edited a file in /etc/ that I want to save, but forgot to open it using sudo. I remember there was a command to save such a file in vi, and want to know if there is any such way to do it in nano?
Thanks.
sudo text-editor nano
asked Nov 30 '10 at 5:07
theTuxRacertheTuxRacer
7,462156187
The changes are extensive. I suppose I can open a new terminal, hen-pick the changes and copy paste them. Or just copy-paste the whole thing. But I was wondering if there was a "geeky" way of doing it.
– theTuxRacer
Nov 30 '10 at 5:19
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I edited a file in /etc/ that I want to save, but forgot to open it using sudo. I remember there was a command to save such a file in vi, and want to know if there is any such way to do it in nano?
Thanks.
sudo text-editor nano
asked Nov 30 '10 at 5:07
theTuxRacertheTuxRacer
7,462156187
I edited a file in /etc/ that I want to save, but forgot to open it using sudo. I remember there was a command to save such a file in vi, and want to know if there is any such way to do it in nano?
Thanks.
sudo text-editor nano
sudo text-editor nano
asked Nov 30 '10 at 5:07
theTuxRacertheTuxRacer
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asked Nov 30 '10 at 5:07
theTuxRacertheTuxRacer
7,462156187
asked Nov 30 '10 at 5:07
theTuxRacertheTuxRacer
7,462156187
asked Nov 30 '10 at 5:07
theTuxRacertheTuxRacer
7,462156187
asked Nov 30 '10 at 5:07
theTuxRacertheTuxRacer
7,462156187
7,462156187
The changes are extensive. I suppose I can open a new terminal, hen-pick the changes and copy paste them. Or just copy-paste the whole thing. But I was wondering if there was a "geeky" way of doing it.
– theTuxRacer
Nov 30 '10 at 5:19
add a comment |
The changes are extensive. I suppose I can open a new terminal, hen-pick the changes and copy paste them. Or just copy-paste the whole thing. But I was wondering if there was a "geeky" way of doing it.
– theTuxRacer
Nov 30 '10 at 5:19
The changes are extensive. I suppose I can open a new terminal, hen-pick the changes and copy paste them. Or just copy-paste the whole thing. But I was wondering if there was a "geeky" way of doing it.
– theTuxRacer
Nov 30 '10 at 5:19
The changes are extensive. I suppose I can open a new terminal, hen-pick the changes and copy paste them. Or just copy-paste the whole thing. But I was wondering if there was a "geeky" way of doing it.
– theTuxRacer
Nov 30 '10 at 5:19
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Yes you could save it temporarily to your home directory. Press Ctrl+O to change the path to your home directory or in /tmp and then press Enter to save it. Then you can sudo mv it.
Press CTRL+O will show you the path. Change that to your home directory or /tmp. For example File Name to Write: /tmp/filename and press Enter.
edited Feb 2 at 19:47
wjandrea
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answered Nov 30 '10 at 5:23
karthick87karthick87
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You need tosudo cp </full/temp/name> </full/original/name>andrm </full/temp/name>to maintain permissions on the original file.sudo mvwill destroy them, which is not what you want, especially if it had executable permissions.
– Martin Thornton
Jul 11 '15 at 14:34
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Just open a new tab in terminal, use chmod to change permissions of the file to 777, save the file in nano, then change the permissions back to what they were, probably 644. An alternative is to change owner using chown to yourself, save the file, and change ownership back to root.
answered Dec 1 '10 at 3:10
charlie-tcacharlie-tca
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Coupled with Ctrl + z andfgthis is hands down the fastest way to do it.
– Jervelund
Dec 13 '14 at 11:11
I find this way easier and faster than the accepted answer (Y)
– Sudip Bhandari
Nov 2 '16 at 14:17
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Try ctrl+o and choose to save the file to your home folder.
Then do sudo mv /home/username/file /etc/
answered Nov 30 '10 at 5:25
RolandiXor♦RolandiXor
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yeah, i guess I could do that. thanks. but ill still hold on accepting it, to see if there is really a way.
– theTuxRacer
Nov 30 '10 at 5:35
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Yes you could save it temporarily to your home directory. Press Ctrl+O to change the path to your home directory or in /tmp and then press Enter to save it. Then you can sudo mv it.
Press CTRL+O will show you the path. Change that to your home directory or /tmp. For example File Name to Write: /tmp/filename and press Enter.
edited Feb 2 at 19:47
wjandrea
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answered Nov 30 '10 at 5:23
karthick87karthick87
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You need tosudo cp </full/temp/name> </full/original/name>andrm </full/temp/name>to maintain permissions on the original file.sudo mvwill destroy them, which is not what you want, especially if it had executable permissions.
– Martin Thornton
Jul 11 '15 at 14:34
add a comment |
Yes you could save it temporarily to your home directory. Press Ctrl+O to change the path to your home directory or in /tmp and then press Enter to save it. Then you can sudo mv it.
Press CTRL+O will show you the path. Change that to your home directory or /tmp. For example File Name to Write: /tmp/filename and press Enter.
edited Feb 2 at 19:47
wjandrea
9,26942663
answered Nov 30 '10 at 5:23
karthick87karthick87
49.2k53167218
3
You need tosudo cp </full/temp/name> </full/original/name>andrm </full/temp/name>to maintain permissions on the original file.sudo mvwill destroy them, which is not what you want, especially if it had executable permissions.
– Martin Thornton
Jul 11 '15 at 14:34
add a comment |
Yes you could save it temporarily to your home directory. Press Ctrl+O to change the path to your home directory or in /tmp and then press Enter to save it. Then you can sudo mv it.
Press CTRL+O will show you the path. Change that to your home directory or /tmp. For example File Name to Write: /tmp/filename and press Enter.
edited Feb 2 at 19:47
wjandrea
9,26942663
answered Nov 30 '10 at 5:23
karthick87karthick87
49.2k53167218
Yes you could save it temporarily to your home directory. Press Ctrl+O to change the path to your home directory or in /tmp and then press Enter to save it. Then you can sudo mv it.
Press CTRL+O will show you the path. Change that to your home directory or /tmp. For example File Name to Write: /tmp/filename and press Enter.
edited Feb 2 at 19:47
wjandrea
9,26942663
answered Nov 30 '10 at 5:23
karthick87karthick87
49.2k53167218
edited Feb 2 at 19:47
wjandrea
9,26942663
edited Feb 2 at 19:47
wjandrea
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edited Feb 2 at 19:47
wjandrea
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answered Nov 30 '10 at 5:23
karthick87karthick87
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answered Nov 30 '10 at 5:23
karthick87karthick87
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answered Nov 30 '10 at 5:23
karthick87karthick87
49.2k53167218
49.2k53167218
3
You need tosudo cp </full/temp/name> </full/original/name>andrm </full/temp/name>to maintain permissions on the original file.sudo mvwill destroy them, which is not what you want, especially if it had executable permissions.
– Martin Thornton
Jul 11 '15 at 14:34
add a comment |
3
You need tosudo cp </full/temp/name> </full/original/name>andrm </full/temp/name>to maintain permissions on the original file.sudo mvwill destroy them, which is not what you want, especially if it had executable permissions.
– Martin Thornton
Jul 11 '15 at 14:34
3
3
You need to
sudo cp </full/temp/name> </full/original/name> and rm </full/temp/name> to maintain permissions on the original file. sudo mv will destroy them, which is not what you want, especially if it had executable permissions.– Martin Thornton
Jul 11 '15 at 14:34
You need to
sudo cp </full/temp/name> </full/original/name> and rm </full/temp/name> to maintain permissions on the original file. sudo mv will destroy them, which is not what you want, especially if it had executable permissions.– Martin Thornton
Jul 11 '15 at 14:34
add a comment |
Just open a new tab in terminal, use chmod to change permissions of the file to 777, save the file in nano, then change the permissions back to what they were, probably 644. An alternative is to change owner using chown to yourself, save the file, and change ownership back to root.
answered Dec 1 '10 at 3:10
charlie-tcacharlie-tca
1,119915
1
Coupled with Ctrl + z andfgthis is hands down the fastest way to do it.
– Jervelund
Dec 13 '14 at 11:11
I find this way easier and faster than the accepted answer (Y)
– Sudip Bhandari
Nov 2 '16 at 14:17
add a comment |
Just open a new tab in terminal, use chmod to change permissions of the file to 777, save the file in nano, then change the permissions back to what they were, probably 644. An alternative is to change owner using chown to yourself, save the file, and change ownership back to root.
answered Dec 1 '10 at 3:10
charlie-tcacharlie-tca
1,119915
1
Coupled with Ctrl + z andfgthis is hands down the fastest way to do it.
– Jervelund
Dec 13 '14 at 11:11
I find this way easier and faster than the accepted answer (Y)
– Sudip Bhandari
Nov 2 '16 at 14:17
add a comment |
Just open a new tab in terminal, use chmod to change permissions of the file to 777, save the file in nano, then change the permissions back to what they were, probably 644. An alternative is to change owner using chown to yourself, save the file, and change ownership back to root.
answered Dec 1 '10 at 3:10
charlie-tcacharlie-tca
1,119915
Just open a new tab in terminal, use chmod to change permissions of the file to 777, save the file in nano, then change the permissions back to what they were, probably 644. An alternative is to change owner using chown to yourself, save the file, and change ownership back to root.
answered Dec 1 '10 at 3:10
charlie-tcacharlie-tca
1,119915
answered Dec 1 '10 at 3:10
charlie-tcacharlie-tca
1,119915
answered Dec 1 '10 at 3:10
charlie-tcacharlie-tca
1,119915
answered Dec 1 '10 at 3:10
charlie-tcacharlie-tca
1,119915
1,119915
1
Coupled with Ctrl + z andfgthis is hands down the fastest way to do it.
– Jervelund
Dec 13 '14 at 11:11
I find this way easier and faster than the accepted answer (Y)
– Sudip Bhandari
Nov 2 '16 at 14:17
add a comment |
1
Coupled with Ctrl + z andfgthis is hands down the fastest way to do it.
– Jervelund
Dec 13 '14 at 11:11
I find this way easier and faster than the accepted answer (Y)
– Sudip Bhandari
Nov 2 '16 at 14:17
1
1
Coupled with Ctrl + z and
fg this is hands down the fastest way to do it.– Jervelund
Dec 13 '14 at 11:11
Coupled with Ctrl + z and
fg this is hands down the fastest way to do it.– Jervelund
Dec 13 '14 at 11:11
I find this way easier and faster than the accepted answer (Y)
– Sudip Bhandari
Nov 2 '16 at 14:17
I find this way easier and faster than the accepted answer (Y)
– Sudip Bhandari
Nov 2 '16 at 14:17
add a comment |
Try ctrl+o and choose to save the file to your home folder.
Then do sudo mv /home/username/file /etc/
answered Nov 30 '10 at 5:25
RolandiXor♦RolandiXor
44.6k25140231
yeah, i guess I could do that. thanks. but ill still hold on accepting it, to see if there is really a way.
– theTuxRacer
Nov 30 '10 at 5:35
add a comment |
Try ctrl+o and choose to save the file to your home folder.
Then do sudo mv /home/username/file /etc/
answered Nov 30 '10 at 5:25
RolandiXor♦RolandiXor
44.6k25140231
yeah, i guess I could do that. thanks. but ill still hold on accepting it, to see if there is really a way.
– theTuxRacer
Nov 30 '10 at 5:35
add a comment |
Try ctrl+o and choose to save the file to your home folder.
Then do sudo mv /home/username/file /etc/
answered Nov 30 '10 at 5:25
RolandiXor♦RolandiXor
44.6k25140231
Try ctrl+o and choose to save the file to your home folder.
Then do sudo mv /home/username/file /etc/
answered Nov 30 '10 at 5:25
RolandiXor♦RolandiXor
44.6k25140231
answered Nov 30 '10 at 5:25
RolandiXor♦RolandiXor
44.6k25140231
answered Nov 30 '10 at 5:25
RolandiXor♦RolandiXor
44.6k25140231
answered Nov 30 '10 at 5:25
RolandiXor♦RolandiXor
44.6k25140231
44.6k25140231
yeah, i guess I could do that. thanks. but ill still hold on accepting it, to see if there is really a way.
– theTuxRacer
Nov 30 '10 at 5:35
add a comment |
yeah, i guess I could do that. thanks. but ill still hold on accepting it, to see if there is really a way.
– theTuxRacer
Nov 30 '10 at 5:35
yeah, i guess I could do that. thanks. but ill still hold on accepting it, to see if there is really a way.
– theTuxRacer
Nov 30 '10 at 5:35
yeah, i guess I could do that. thanks. but ill still hold on accepting it, to see if there is really a way.
– theTuxRacer
Nov 30 '10 at 5:35
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The changes are extensive. I suppose I can open a new terminal, hen-pick the changes and copy paste them. Or just copy-paste the whole thing. But I was wondering if there was a "geeky" way of doing it.
– theTuxRacer
Nov 30 '10 at 5:19