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How do I sign on as root

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Need to change permission of 'root' owner file. How do I sign-on to enable a write permission in a 'root' file ?

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Best Joshua Hoover (joshuahoover) said : 		#1

Hi, If you want to change the permission of a file owned by root you can try the following from a terminal session (Applications->Accessories->Terminal):

sudo chmod 722 file-name-goes-here

This assumes you want to give write-only access to the group and everyone.

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Joshua

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poopa (pjseery) said : 		#2

Joshua, thanks for the suggestion. However before setting permission to '722' what number do I use to reset back ?
Or does it matter ?
poopa

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poopa (pjseery) said : 		#3

Joshua, thanks for your help. I also found several other ways to access files as root.
poopa