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type="topic" style="task"
id="gedit-edit-as-root">
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#gedit-working-with-files"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.8" date="2013-03-07" status="final"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Jim Campbell</name>
<email>jwcampbell@gmail.com</email>
</credit>
</info>
<title>Edit a file as the root user</title>
<note style="warning">
<p>Editing files as the root user is potentially dangerous, and may break
your system in bad ways. Take great care when editing files as the root
user.</p>
</note>
<p>To edit files as the root user, launch <app>gedit</app> from the terminal
by entering:</p>
<code>sudo gedit</code>
<p>Using the <cmd>sudo</cmd> command, you will need to successfully enter
your password before <app>gedit</app> will open.</p>
<p>As an alternative to the <cmd>sudo</cmd> command, you may obtain
administrative privileges by entering:</p>
<code>su -</code>
<p>You would then launch <app>gedit</app> using the <cmd>gedit</cmd>
command.</p>
<note style="tip">
<p>Once you have opened <app>gedit</app> with administrative privileges,
<app>gedit</app> will keep those privileges until you close it.</p>
</note>
</page>
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