get root on a remote Host

get root on a remote Host

[Lado]

Hi!
Ich use emacs 22. I use Tramp over ssh to edit my files on remote Hosts
very often. From time to time i need to get root on a remote host. There
is no Problem to get root on the localhost with /su::, but i was not
able to find any solution how to get root on a localhost.
P.S.
i can not login as root on a remote host, because ssh root login are not
permitted.

Thank you!

Re: get root on a remote Host

[ken]

On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 16:56:30 +0100 Lado <newsforlado@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi!
> Ich use emacs 22. I use Tramp over ssh to edit my files on remote
> Hosts very often. From time to time i need to get root on a remote
> host. There is no Problem to get root on the localhost with /su::, but
> i was not able to find any solution how to get root on a localhost.
> P.S.
> i can not login as root on a remote host, because ssh root login are
> not permitted.
> 
> Thank you!

Use ssh to log into the remote host as a regular user.  Then su to root.
Then either (1) fire up emacs either in a terminal (non-X) or (2) set up
your local machine as an X server and launch emacs on the remote
machine but using the display variable of the local machine.

hth,
ken

-- 
"This world ain't big enough for the both of us,"
said the big noema to the little noema.

Re: get root on a remote Host

[Michael Albinus]

Lado <newsforlado@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi!

Hi,

> Ich use emacs 22. I use Tramp over ssh to edit my files on remote Hosts
> very often. From time to time i need to get root on a remote host. There
> is no Problem to get root on the localhost with /su::, but i was not
> able to find any solution how to get root on a localhost.
> P.S.
> i can not login as root on a remote host, because ssh root login are not
> permitted.

How can you be root on your remote host? I suspect you login via ssh
under your own name onto that host, and then you apply "su" or
"sudo". This behaviour can be simulated with Tramp using a multi-hop
method, something like "/multi:ssh:remote.host:su:root@localhost:/".

Note that the syntax has been changed with Tramp 2.1. But with plain
Emacs 22, you have Tramp 2.0.

> Thank you!

Best regards, Michael.