How to Tramp with ssh and sudo?

How to Tramp with ssh and sudo?

[Pankaj Jangid]

Need some help with Tramp. I know that to access a remote file the path
is

/ssh:user@host:/path/to/file

For privileged file on local machine, it is

/sudo::/path/to/file

I want to combine the above two i.e. I want to access a privileged file
on a remote machine. What is the path for that?

Regards
-- 
Pankaj Jangid

Re: How to Tramp with ssh and sudo?

[Michael Albinus]

Pankaj Jangid <p4j@j4d.net> writes:

Hi,

> Need some help with Tramp. I know that to access a remote file the path
> is
>
> /ssh:user@host:/path/to/file
>
> For privileged file on local machine, it is
>
> /sudo::/path/to/file
>
> I want to combine the above two i.e. I want to access a privileged file
> on a remote machine. What is the path for that?

/ssh:user@host|/sudo:host:/path/to/file

> Regards

Best regards, Michael.

Re: How to Tramp with ssh and sudo?

[Pankaj Jangid]

Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> writes:
> /ssh:user@host|/sudo:host:/path/to/file

I typed exactly this with appropriate user and host values. But this
didn't work. My remote host is a raspbery-pi

C-x C-f /ssh:pi@192.168.0.3|/sudo:192.168.0.3:/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf <RET>

This didn't work.

Regards
-- 
Pankaj Jangid

Re: How to Tramp with ssh and sudo?

[tomas]

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On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 09:08:40AM +0000, Pankaj Jangid wrote:
> Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> writes:
> > /ssh:user@host|/sudo:host:/path/to/file
> 
> I typed exactly this with appropriate user and host values. But this
> didn't work. My remote host is a raspbery-pi
> 
> C-x C-f /ssh:pi@192.168.0.3|/sudo:192.168.0.3:/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf <RET>
> 
> This didn't work.

How does your "not work" look, exactly? Any error messages? Emacs
hangs? It gives you an empty buffer and says it's a new file?

Hint: the more details you give, the more you help others help you :)

Cheers
-- tomás

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Re: How to Tramp with ssh and sudo?

[Pankaj Jangid]

<tomas@tuxteam.de> writes:
>> Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> writes:
>> > /ssh:user@host|/sudo:host:/path/to/file
>> 
>> I typed exactly this with appropriate user and host values. But this
>> didn't work. My remote host is a raspbery-pi
>> 
>> C-x C-f
>> /ssh:pi@192.168.0.3|/sudo:192.168.0.3:/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
>> <RET>
>> 
>> This didn't work.
>
> How does your "not work" look, exactly? Any error messages? Emacs
> hangs? It gives you an empty buffer and says it's a new file?

Really sorry about that. Actually, I copied the message but forgot to
yank in the message buffer before sending. The problem got solved with
Michael's help. But the message in the message area was

M-x make-directory <RET> <RET> to create the directory and its parents

Regards,
-- 
Pankaj Jangid

Re: How to Tramp with ssh and sudo?

[tomas]

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On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 11:47:40AM +0000, Pankaj Jangid wrote:
> <tomas@tuxteam.de> writes:
> >> Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> writes:
> >> > /ssh:user@host|/sudo:host:/path/to/file
> >> 
> >> I typed exactly this with appropriate user and host values. But this
> >> didn't work. My remote host is a raspbery-pi
> >> 
> >> C-x C-f
> >> /ssh:pi@192.168.0.3|/sudo:192.168.0.3:/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
> >> <RET>
> >> 
> >> This didn't work.
> >
> > How does your "not work" look [...]

> Really sorry about that [...]

No worries. Perhaps I sounded grumpier than intended.

Michael nailed it anyway :-)

Cheers
-- t

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Re: How to Tramp with ssh and sudo?

[Michael Albinus]

Pankaj Jangid <p4j@j4d.net> writes:

> I typed exactly this with appropriate user and host values. But this
> didn't work. My remote host is a raspbery-pi
>
> /ssh:pi@192.168.0.3|/sudo:192.168.0.3:/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

D'oh! There's a typo.

/ssh:pi@192.168.0.3|sudo:192.168.0.3:/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

> Regards

Best regards, Michael.

Re: How to Tramp with ssh and sudo?

[Pankaj Jangid]

Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> writes:
>> I typed exactly this with appropriate user and host values. But this
>> didn't work. My remote host is a raspbery-pi
>>
>> /ssh:pi@192.168.0.3|/sudo:192.168.0.3:/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
>
> D'oh! There's a typo.
>
> /ssh:pi@192.168.0.3|sudo:192.168.0.3:/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

Best!!!

This worked. Thanks a lot, Michael.

Regards,
-- 
Pankaj Jangid