unable to edit wvdial.conf file

[arunkumar413]

hi
I want to connect to internet. Am using Ubuntu 8.04 LTS.i ran the wvdial command.It has detected my modem.but am unable to edit the wvdial.conf file present in /etc folder.It returns an error "sorry you do not have necessary permission to edit this file".When I checked the properties of the wvdial.conf file,it is owned by root user.moreover i cannot login as root user.help me please
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[nakama85]

hi
I want to connect to internet. Am using Ubuntu 8.04 LTS.i ran the wvdial command.It has detected my modem.but am unable to edit the wvdial.conf file present in /etc folder.It returns an error "sorry you do not have necessary permission to edit this file".When I checked the properties of the wvdial.conf file,it is owned by root user.moreover i cannot login as root user.help me please
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you have to have sudo privs
in terminal run

sudo gedit /etc/wvdial.conf

[nakama85]

Did this solve your problem?

[Snort44]

I'm using Kubuntu 8.10
For the life of me, I can't edit /etc/wvdial.conf

I tried sudo chown -R /
I tried sudo kate /etc/wvdial.conf
I tried sudo nano /etc/wvdial.conf

I keep getting "/etc/wvdial.conf is owned by uid 1000 should be 0"

I tried "chmod 755 /etc/wvdial.conf"
I tried "chmod 755 /etc/"
I tried "chmod 755 /etc"

Where am I going wrong? Thanks!!!!!!

[snova]

I'm using Kubuntu 8.10
For the life of me, I can't edit /etc/wvdial.conf

I tried sudo chown -R /
I tried sudo kate /etc/wvdial.conf
I tried sudo nano /etc/wvdial.conf

I keep getting "/etc/wvdial.conf is owned by uid 1000 should be 0"

I tried "chmod 755 /etc/wvdial.conf"
I tried "chmod 755 /etc/"
I tried "chmod 755 /etc"

Where am I going wrong? Thanks!!!!!!

You've taken ownership of your entire system with that first command; I'm surprised anything still works at all.

The command would be:


kdesudo kate /etc/wvdial.conf

But at this point, you have bigger problems. Sadly there's not much you can do for that but a reinstallation...

[crjackson]

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[Snort44]

I'll reinstall. In fact, I think I'll go with the 32 bit version if it'll work. I'm not convinced I got the correct 64 bit version for AMD as there's no mention of it on the disk. Thanks for the help!