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How can I get the following command to change for the root user as well? 



gsettings set org.gnome.gedit.preferences.editor create-backup-copy false


This command should disable gedit backup files. It seems to work for the current user "vagrant" as shown in the screenshot below, but not root.



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It is important to mention that this command needs to be run as the current user "vagrant" as it is part of a script.



Ubuntu 12.04

Kernel 3.2.0-58-generic-pae

GNOME  3.2.1

Running Linux in a Vagrant VM on Windows 8 using Virtual Box

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sudo -i


This worked!



If you are confident that the current user has the appropriate privileges to sudo, then the following command will change the root users gedit preferences from the current user



sudo -i gsettings set org.gnome.gedit.preferences.editor create-backup-copy false


However, instead of disabling the backup files at all, you could relocate them to another folder. Rmano provided the following script:



mkdir ~/TILDEBACKUPS



#!/bin/bash



find $HOME/* -name TILDEBACKUPS -prune -or -name "*~" -print -exec mv {} $HOME/TILDEBACKUPS/ ;


Also, as pointed out by Rinzwind, scripting gsettings may require a lot of maintenance as schema names change.



Finally, there was a bigger mistake here that led me to even asking this question. Thanks to Radu Rădeanu, opening the file with "sudo gedit filename" will cause all sorts of issues discussed in Why user should never use normal sudo to start graphical application



A better way to open filename in gedit is:



gksudo gedit filename


Thank you for everyone's help


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