By chrisdanew
Hi
I followed your guide, did all the steps
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/initial-server-setup-with-centos-6
But when I edit files in my root directory I get> permission denied
I’m running CentOS 6 with Zpanel. Anyway I can revert back to normal root access.
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Did you follow step four: <br> <br>https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/initial-server-setup-with-centos-6#StepFour—RootPrivileges <br> <br>If so, your user should be able to get root privileges by using “sudo” Simply prepend it to the command you want to run. For instance, if you wanted to edit the file “/etc/hosts” you’d use: <br> <br><pre> <br>sudo nano /etc/hosts <br></pre>
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