* root buffer in Emacs started as ordinary user
@ 2004-06-30 16:38 Jean-Christophe Weis
2004-06-30 16:47 ` Josh Howard
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From: Jean-Christophe Weis @ 2004-06-30 16:38 UTC (permalink / 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.
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* Re: root buffer in Emacs started as ordinary user
2004-06-30 16:38 root buffer in Emacs started as ordinary user Jean-Christophe Weis
@ 2004-06-30 16:47 ` Josh Howard
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From: Josh Howard @ 2004-06-30 16:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
Jean-Christophe Weis <jcweis@melix.net> writes:
> 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?
With tramp, yes.
C-x C-f /su::/etc/ttys
http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/TrampMode
http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/tramp/
--
Josh Howard <jrh@zeppelin.net>
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