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From: Jean-Christophe Weis <jcweis@melix.net>
Subject: root buffer in Emacs started as ordinary user
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 18:38:43 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040630163843.GA2442@max.my.domain> (raw)

Hello list,

Can I start Emacs as an ordinary user, and then from inside that Emacs, open a
buffer as root for editing, say, a system file? Or must I start another Emacs
as root to do that?

Thanks, JC Weis.

             reply	other threads:[~2004-06-30 16:38 UTC|newest]

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2004-06-30 16:38 Jean-Christophe Weis [this message]
2004-06-30 16:47 ` root buffer in Emacs started as ordinary user Josh Howard

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