From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jean-Christophe Weis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: root buffer in Emacs started as ordinary user Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 18:38:43 +0200 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <20040630163843.GA2442@max.my.domain> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1088613708 8849 80.91.224.253 (30 Jun 2004 16:41:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 16:41:48 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 30 18:41:25 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Bfi9E-0002wR-00 for ; Wed, 30 Jun 2004 18:41:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BfiAx-0005z0-89 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 Jun 2004 12:43:11 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BfiAp-0005yv-QH for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Jun 2004 12:43:03 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BfiAn-0005yg-06 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Jun 2004 12:43:03 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BfiAm-0005yd-Th for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Jun 2004 12:43:00 -0400 Original-Received: from [62.4.16.103] (helo=kraid.nerim.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Bfi8d-0002Ok-Ns for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Jun 2004 12:40:47 -0400 Original-Received: from max.my.domain (mey.net1.nerim.net [213.41.158.149]) by kraid.nerim.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0911E41EE9 for ; Wed, 30 Jun 2004 18:40:45 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from jc by max.my.domain with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Bfi6d-0000h3-00 for ; Wed, 30 Jun 2004 18:38:43 +0200 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 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:19380 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:19380 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.