Re comment #21, according to https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1274451
"GEdit now (on Gnome 3.24) has a mode where it can transparently edit files with root permissions without running as root."
However I've not been able to find any trace of that in the GEdit included with Ubuntu 17.10.
Re comment #21, according to https:/ /bugzilla. redhat. com/show_ bug.cgi? id=1274451
"GEdit now (on Gnome 3.24) has a mode where it can transparently edit files with root permissions without running as root."
However I've not been able to find any trace of that in the GEdit included with Ubuntu 17.10.