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I'm trying to modify the pulse audio Daemon.conf located in /ect/pulse. I'm having no luck as the folder is read only.

When I open the file using gksudo or sudoedit in terminal, nothing comes up, and if I attempt to save, with gksudo gedit, It notifies me: 

cannot find the file "/ect/pulse/daemon.conf"
Zanna
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    possible duplicate of [How do I get permissions to edit system configuration files?](http://askubuntu.com/questions/92379/how-do-i-get-permissions-to-edit-system-configuration-files) – steeldriver Apr 12 '15 at 02:55
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    '*It notifies me: "cannot find the file "/ect/pulse/daemon.conf"".*' If that's exactly what it said, it means you're misspelling `/etc` as `/ect`. – Eliah Kagan Apr 12 '15 at 03:24
  • Haha, brilliant. Well now I'm blushing. Makes so much sense why i was having such a nightmare, a simple mistype. – advice.dawgg Apr 12 '15 at 03:38

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I found that typing Alt+F2, typing gksudo, entering gedit, clicking open, browsing manually to the file, modifying and then saving fixed my issue.

Navigating to it using the terminal wasnt working. AS I WAS MIS-SPELLING ETC AS ECT...

Thanks Eliah Kagan for pointing it out.

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The recommended solution is to copy the file to your home directory and modify it there.

cp /etc/pulse/daemon.conf ~/.pulse/daemon.conf
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