how to enable PHP error reporting on a godaddy virtual dedicated server?

Question

Hi - I found out that Plesk turns off php error reporting by default and that to turn in on I have to modify "/etc/php.ini" .
I downloaded 'putty' and SSH-ed as 'su' but permissions are denied when I type /etc/php.ini.
I called godaddy and was told that they are having no problem doing it on their end and just to make sure that I login as root (which I think "su" is, correct?) - Of course, since virtual dedicated server come with no support, I am stuck in the dark...
Please help!
MANY THANKS :-)

Answer 1

Once you've SSHed into the box (using PUTTY), run

su - root

to become root. Then you can edit /etc/php.ini using vi

vi /etc/php.int

Answer 2

Add the following line on top of your PHP files.

error_reporting(E_ALL);

and try.