I can reproduce the problem 100% with Bluefish. I can also write 100% of the time with Geany. I have a working FTP mount as I can browse the directory in the file manager and I can open and write files in Geany fine.

As I said above, I can OPEN files fine in Bluefish, but I cannot write them.

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That's exactly the case, but I don't think it's anything to do with permissions since I CAN write with Geany. Just not with Bluefish. After googling some last night, I also installed the gnome_vfs package, but adding it did not solve my problem.

You use the su command to become root. Type "su root" at the command prompt. You will be asked for your password and after entering it, you'll be able to execute commands as root in the console.

No idea how to enable login as root from the login screen though.

I should add that I can read files perfectly but not write them with Bluefish.

I am using Salix 13.1. The Bluefish editor has a feature where you can enter a ftp location with credentials in the location bar. After entering your password in the prompt that pops up, you can start working with files remotely.

This doesn't work with the Bluefish version (2.02) I installed from ...