Basicly im trying to edit a file for apache2 in /var/etc/apache2 and i dont have permissions, my login name is associated with root but i still can't do anything, Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks in advance!
Sorry i also for forgot in using ubuntu 7.10
Use the sudo command to get elevated privileges.
If you want to use a graphical editor, something like sudo gedit /var/etc/apache2/fnord.conf
era, that was perfect, thank you very much 
works great
For anyone reading this post regarding the same thing make sure you dont control C out of the terminal until after you have saved the file you are editing