0003138: Can't edit system file - Kali Linux Bug Tracker

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0003138	Kali Linux	General Bug	public	2016-03-11 16:04	2025-07-14 09:14

Reporter	VNjagi	Assigned To	rhertzog
Priority	normal	Severity	major	Reproducibility	have not tried
Status	closed	Resolution	no change required

Summary	0003138: Can't edit system file
Description	my Kali (Sana) 2.0 has developed a freezing issue, so I opened my terminal n typed in 'cat /sys/module/usbcore/parameters/autosuspend' the output is 2, I assume it should be 1 so I try to edit the grub file by typing in '/etc/default/grub' the output is an error 'bash: /etc/default/grub: permission denied. please note that I'm signed in as the root user and should therefore have all the super user privileges. how can I fix this
Attached Files	UC_Photo_0.jpeg (62,188 bytes) UC_Photo_0.jpeg (62,188 bytes)

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2016-03-11 16:04	VNjagi	New Issue
2016-03-11 16:04	VNjagi	File Added: UC_Photo_0.jpeg
2016-03-11 19:25	rhertzog	Note Added: 0004843
2016-03-11 19:25	rhertzog	Status	new => closed
2016-03-11 19:25	rhertzog	Assigned To	=> rhertzog
2016-03-11 19:25	rhertzog	Resolution	open => no change required
2025-07-14 09:14	g0tmi1k	Priority	immediate => normal

rhertzog 2016-03-11 19:25 administrator ~0004843	If you want to edit a file, use a text editor "nano /etc/default/grub". Typing "/etc/default/grub" tries to execute that file which is not executable... hence permission denied. Also we are not interested in bug reports against Kail 2.0 Sana, please upgrade to Kali 2016.1 kali-rolling. Thank you.