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* 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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