saving changes made in conf files

[spab]

:confused:i just installed ubuntu and i need to fix my sound but i cant find out how to save changes made in conf files using the terminal.
thx a lot

[drs305]

The files are probably owned by root. In this case, you must edit them while having admin rights. This means opening your editor with either "sudo" for terminal operations or "gksudo" for graphical apps such as gedit.
Example:
gksudo gedit /path/filename
sudo nano /path/filename

See this link for a reference on the subject:
RootSudo (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo)

[cranecreek]

This is how i do it:


sudo -iThen cd to where the file is:


vi filenameedit the conf, when finished:


:wqyour favorite editor may differ