Putty - Save changes and close command ?

I am in putty now and i have opened up my php.ini file...

I have changed my safe mode setting to OFF

But how do i save changes and exit putty ???

Thanks !!

 

what command did you use to open it ?

if it's vi then press escape and then type

:wq

and press enter

 

Yea i used "vi /etc/php.ini"

 

im pressing escape .. .nothing happening

 

normally you'll press escape, and you'll get the cursor to the bottom of the screen, where the prompt normally is, then you type :wq to save it and press enter, to not save it type if it's changed then type :q! and press enter, to not save something that hasnt changed just :q and enter will do, nothin obvious will hapen when you press escape

 

W10: Warning: Changing a readonly file
E325: ATTENTION
Found a swap file by the name "~/tmp/php.ini.swp"
owned by: etchtex dated: Fri Feb 9 10:06:40 2007
file name: /etc/php.ini
modified: YES
user name: etchtex host name: lvps212-241-199-132.vps.webfusion.co.uk
process ID: 32604
While opening file "/etc/php.ini"
dated: Tue Dec 19 09:57:37 2006

(1) Another program may be editing the same file.
If this is the case, be careful not to end up with two
different instances of the same file when making changes.
Quit, or continue with caution.

(2) An edit session for this file crashed.
If this is the case, use ":recover" or "vim -r /etc/php.ini"
to recover the changes (see ":help recovery").
If you did this already, delete the swap file "/var/www/vhosts/etchtex.co.uk/tmp/php.ini.swp"
to avoid this message.

What does this mean

 

E45: 'readonly' option is set (add ! to override)

 

exit vi, do :q! and exit, then :

rm -rf /var/www/vhosts/etchtex.co.uk/tmp/php.ini.swp
vi /etc/php.ini

Code (markup):

make your changes

[PRESS ESCAPE]
:wq
[PRESS ENTER]

Code (markup):

Also, are you sure you have permissions to edit /etc/php.ini ???

You gotta be root to edit php.ini and you're not logged in as root

 

use "pico"

pico /etc/php.ini

when you want to save changes, do ctrl-x . key "y" & enter. Done.

 

Brilliant! You make my day...
Thanks a million

 

You can even use nano and with the same commands Ctrl + X to save.

 

For me nano is the best . you can install it using "yum install nano"

When you are editing a file, all the instructions are right there in the the terminal