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I am new to Linux, but I was under the impression that you can use GUI to edit text files I mean that is why GUI exists. I opened xrdp.ini and tried to edit it with Mousepad. When I try to save it I get Failed to save document. Permission denied.. I already used this method (How do I grant sudo privileges to an existing user?) to assign myself sudo permissions but I still can't edit this text file using GUI.

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If you want to edit configuration files which require root privileges, you have to open application with root privileges. I opened Mousepad with root privileges by typing in terminal:

gksudo mousepad
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