From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eric Hanchrow Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: emacs idiom for sudo Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 22:19:07 -0700 Message-ID: <87646okr78.fsf@offby1.atm01.sea.blarg.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1179638621 10354 80.91.229.12 (20 May 2007 05:23:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 05:23:41 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun May 20 07:23:39 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HpdtG-0003rV-SO for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 May 2007 07:23:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HpdtF-0006qE-W2 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 May 2007 01:23:34 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hpdt3-0006q9-B7 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 20 May 2007 01:23:21 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hpdt2-0006px-Dc for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 20 May 2007 01:23:20 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hpdt2-0006pu-81 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 20 May 2007 01:23:20 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2] helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Hpdt0-0002VJ-L8 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 20 May 2007 01:23:19 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1Hpdsr-0007bF-0P for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 20 May 2007 07:23:09 +0200 Original-Received: from q-static-138-125.avvanta.com ([206.124.138.125]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 20 May 2007 07:23:08 +0200 Original-Received: from offby1 by q-static-138-125.avvanta.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 20 May 2007 07:23:08 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 15 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: q-static-138-125.avvanta.com User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.99 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:6d/jfquGS9haj9zPIglCdHWSVoo= X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:44202 Archived-At: Is there a more convenient way for doing 'root-things' than -- get out of emacs (maybe suspend) -- start a shell -- sudo editor (usually vi) OR su ... password... editor Indeed there is -- use "tramp", by doing, e.g., C-x C-f /sudo::/etc/passwd RET Read (info "(emacs)Remote Files") -- When a cryptographer and a symbologist get together, it usually ends in tears. A. O. Scott, reviewing 'The Da Vinci Code' in the New York Times