Bug 458701 - Kate cannot edit a system file on nixos
Summary: Kate cannot edit a system file on nixos
Status: RESOLVED DOWNSTREAM
Alias: None
Product: kate
Classification: Applications
Component: application (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 22.08.0
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KWrite Developers
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Reported: 2022-09-04 14:53 UTC by don wayne
Modified: 2023-07-02 15:47 UTC (History)
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Description don wayne 2022-09-04 14:53:20 UTC 
SUMMARY

Kate cannot edit a system file and won't even ask for the sudo password.

Error: The document could not be saved, as it was not possible to write to /etc/nixos/configuration.nix.
Check that you have write access to this file or that enough disk space is available.
The original file may be lost or damaged. Don't quit the application until the file is successfully written.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. on nixos (unstable channel), open  /etc/nixos/configuration.nix with kate.
2. edit configuration.nix
3. click save.

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Comment 1 Christoph Cullmann 2023-07-02 15:47:41 UTC 
That seems to be a packaging issue, please report that to the nix package repo.