tomcat-users.xml will not open in UBUNTU

Question

I am trying to log into the host manager , but I am unable to open the tomcat-users.xm file. When I right click it to open in editor it says permission denied.

Could not open the file /etc/tomcat6/tomcat-users.xml.

You do not have the permissions necessary to open the file.

The owner is root and I even tried doing some " sudo s " cmd to change my role.

I even tried emailing myself the file to another machine but the file wont email or zip up.

Answer 1

Try sudo chmod 777 /etc/tomcat6/tomcat-users.xml first. If you want to edit it, you may need to sudo that too: eg. sudo vim /etc/tomcat6/tomcat-users.xml .

Answer 2

sudo chmod 777 /etc/tomcat6/tomcat-users.xml on ubuntu. just go back to your tomcat-users.xml file and double click, you will see it you have permission now.