Can't Get Admin Access (Tried Everything)

[AlphaBetaPie]

So I needed to edit some files in various parts of my directories, which were consistently giving me the "Access Denied, Insufficient Privileges" message in FlashFXP when I tried to copy them back over. I began researching and tried several of the tutorials. I edited the sshd_config to PermitRootLogin yes and reset the root password to one of my choosing. But nothing has changed. What am I missing here? I assume I need to perhaps change something in my FlashFXP profile, but I'm not understanding what. The tutorials seem to just stop here. Even though I have done all this, I still am blocked from copying my changed files back over to my directories to update them.

[mitu]

I assume that the error is because you have to login as root - after you've enabled SSH access for the account and set the password.

But normally you shouldn't need root access, what files are you trying to edit and you're not allowed ?

[AlphaBetaPie]

I just ended up getting really good at the sudo nano command and using my keyboard. It was kinda of a pain, since copy/pasting in a word doc with mouse would have been easier, but I finally got it down. So I can just stick to this method. Thanks!

[Clyde]

@AlphaBetaPie Just to be sure: You are aware that nano is the actual text editor and sudo is only needed if you want to start it with root/administrative permissions? For any files that belong to the normal user (pi on Retropie), typing nano is enough to edit them, and you don't risk messing up their ownership.