# I want to edit Host OS read-only files **URL:** \ **Category:** Product support\ **Tags:** raspberrypi3, wifi, docker, network\ **Created:** [July 19, 2019, 4:02am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/i-want-to-edit-host-os-read-only-files/21266 "2019-07-19T04:02:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![t.higashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea666f/32.png) [@t.higashi](https://forums.balena.io/u/t.higashi)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2019, 4:02am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/i-want-to-edit-host-os-read-only-files/21266/1 "2019-07-19T04:02:16Z")
I want to use NetworkManager with the systemd service running on the container pi user. Therefore, I want to edit `/etc/dbus-1/system.d/org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.conf` of host OS, but I can not do it because it is a read-only file system. And I want to do the editing from inside the container. Is there any way? ---
**Author:** ![spanceac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@spanceac](https://forums.balena.io/u/spanceac)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2019, 7:10am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/i-want-to-edit-host-os-read-only-files/21266/2 "2019-07-19T07:10:42Z")
Hi, Regarding dbus communication between hostOS and container we have this document: [https://www.balena.io/docs/learn/develop/runtime/#dbus-communication-with-host-os](https://www.balena.io/docs/learn/develop/runtime/#dbus-communication-with-host-os) Also, you can’t access the hostOS filesystem from the container. If you want to edit that file you will have to mount the root partition as r/w from the hostOS: `mount -o remount,rw /` ---
**Author:** ![t.higashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea666f/32.png) [@t.higashi](https://forums.balena.io/u/t.higashi)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2019, 8:44am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/i-want-to-edit-host-os-read-only-files/21266/4 "2019-07-19T08:44:46Z")
I understand. Thank you.