Server administrators often run text editors with elevated privileges «sudo gedit» to edit root - owned configuration files. (secnews24.com)
Next, run the following command to open the fstab file in gedit. (howtogeek.com)
I am going to start using WinSCP to edit / add files, yes you can use nano, gedit, vim, or whatever shell based text editor you want instead. (dailybitcoinnews.com)