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From: jadamson@partners.org (Joel J. Adamson)
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: SU commands from Emacs
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:38:59 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <878x8ahxho.fsf@W0053328.mgh.harvard.edu> (raw)

Howdy,

I've almost completed the transition from using a terminal emulator to
using Emacs exclusively, by using Dired, Ange-ftp, etc. (not that I
was trying, I just noticed how much more convenient it is).

The one remaining problem is executing shell commands that need root
permission.  I can use Dired and edit files with "/su::" tramp-mode,
however sometimes I just need to execute a command.  I have sudo
installed on Slackware Linux 12.0, but the password prompt does not
come up properly.

Thanks,
Joel
-- 
Joel J. Adamson
Biostatistician
Pediatric Psychopharmacology Research Unit
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA  02114
(617) 643-1432
(303) 880-3109

"It can be interesting to study ancient philosophy, but more as a kind
of accident report than to teach you anything useful."
                                        --Paul Graham
					http://www.paulgraham.com/raq.html

             reply	other threads:[~2007-08-17 17:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-08-17 17:38 Joel J. Adamson [this message]
2007-08-17 18:23 ` SU commands from Emacs Emilio Lopes
2007-08-17 19:38   ` Joel J. Adamson
2007-08-18  9:55     ` Emilio Lopes
2007-08-17 19:04 ` David Hansen
2007-08-17 19:27 ` Peter Dyballa
     [not found] ` <mailman.4925.1187378874.32220.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-08-17 20:23   ` Joel J. Adamson
2007-08-17 20:37     ` Sven Joachim
     [not found] ` <mailman.4924.1187377704.32220.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-08-17 20:28   ` Joel J. Adamson
2007-08-24  6:38     ` Dieter Wilhelm
2007-08-24  9:37       ` Michael Albinus
2007-08-24 20:32         ` Dieter Wilhelm
2007-08-24 22:16           ` Peter Dyballa
2007-08-25  2:45             ` Dieter Wilhelm
2007-08-25 19:35             ` Joel J. Adamson
2007-08-26  8:49               ` Michael Albinus
2007-08-27 13:28                 ` Joel J. Adamson
     [not found]         ` <mailman.5288.1187987493.32220.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-08-24 21:55           ` David Kastrup
2007-08-25  3:00             ` Dieter Wilhelm
2007-08-26 10:55               ` Michael Albinus
2007-08-24  9:51       ` Peter Dyballa
     [not found]     ` <mailman.5238.1187937431.32220.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-08-24  7:59       ` Tim X
2007-08-24 20:20         ` Dieter Wilhelm
     [not found]         ` <mailman.5305.1188026786.32220.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-08-25  9:28           ` Tim X
2007-08-25 13:57             ` Dieter Wilhelm

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