Error Writing /boot/config.txt Permission Denied
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down vote accepted Which text editor are you using? If you are a root user and know the password, try (in a terminal) either: sudoedit /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.config if you are using a terminal-based editor such as nano or are ssh'ing into a server. gksudo
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