From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Barry Margolin Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: letting super user read .emacs Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 14:55:55 GMT Organization: Level(3) Communications, Woburn, MA Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <%%Web.144$pd.72@news.level3.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1065108118 366 80.91.224.253 (2 Oct 2003 15:21:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2003 15:21:58 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 02 17:21:56 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A55H9-0003cu-00 for ; Thu, 02 Oct 2003 17:21:55 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1A55Cs-0003iQ-Ne for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 02 Oct 2003 11:17:30 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!nycmny1-snh1.gtei.net!crtntx1-snh1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!news.level3.com.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Mail-Copies-To: never X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test72 (19 April 1999) Originator: barmar@genuity.net (Barry Margolin) Original-Lines: 23 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 171.78.176.30 Original-X-Trace: news.level3.com 1065106555 171.78.176.30 (Thu, 02 Oct 2003 14:55:55 GMT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 14:55:55 GMT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:117029 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:12957 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:12957 In article , Kevin Dziulko wrote: >Perhaps my original message wasn't clear enough. This is the problem. We >are not allowed to have any permissions for "others" on our home >directories. But they allow you to su to each other? Seems schizophrenic that they're so draconian about file permissions, while so lenient about su'ing. > Thank you for your replies, but they won't help me. What I >was thinking was to put my .emacs in a directory outside of my home >directory (that way the directory can have any permits I want). emacs -q -l /path/to/other/.emacs The -q option tells it not to try to load the default init file, and -l option tells it to load that specific file. -- Barry Margolin, barry.margolin@level3.com Level(3), Woburn, MA *** DON'T SEND TECHNICAL QUESTIONS DIRECTLY TO ME, post them to newsgroups. Please DON'T copy followups to me -- I'll assume it wasn't posted to the group.