/etc/apt/sources.list" E212: Can't open file for writing

Question

I am trying to edit sources.list using vi editor but getting the following error while saving the file:

/etc/apt/sources.list\" E212: Can\'t open file for wr         


        

Answer 1

change user to root

sodu su -

browse to etc

vi sudoers

look for root user in user priviledge section. you will get it like

root ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL 

make same entry for your user name. if you username is 'myuser' then add

myuser ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL

it will look like

root ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL 

myuser ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL 

save it. change root user to your user. now try the same where you were getting the sudoers issue