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How do I get permissions to edit system configuration files?

I have files kept under the folder /opt/. When I am trying to edit the files, could not because the permission is denied.

How to give the permission?

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sudo or gksudo to act on them as root.
chown user:group to change ownership.
chmod 'permission in octal' to change permission type for user:group:everyone
su user to switch to an appropriate user.

I frequently put things in /opt that belong to multiple users, but are pretty portable and not in repos. I don't think saying 'use sudo' is necessarily right for '/opt' specific questions.

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