open files as root

open files as root

[henry atting]

Is there another way as with tramp to open files as root within emacs?
(Since I am sure that tramp and I never will be friends in this life)

Regards
henry
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Re: open files as root

[David Kastrup]

henry atting <nsmp_01@online.de> writes:

> Is there another way as with tramp to open files as root within emacs?

No.

> (Since I am sure that tramp and I never will be friends in this life)

Partners is all you need.

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Re: open files as root

[Neal Becker]

henry atting wrote:

> Is there another way as with tramp to open files as root within emacs?
> (Since I am sure that tramp and I never will be friends in this life)
> 
> Regards
> henry
If you have setup sudo:

/sudo:root@localhost:/tmp

Re: open files as root

[henry atting]

On Sa, Aug 29 2009, David Kastrup wrote:

> henry atting <nsmp_01@online.de> writes:
>
>> Is there another way as with tramp to open files as root within emacs?
>
> No.
>
>> (Since I am sure that tramp and I never will be friends in this life)
>
> Partners is all you need.

Okay, tramp won, I switched from zsh (which impressing functionality I
don't use anyway) back to bash.

(I now the appropriate lines which are to add to .zshrc, but this time
they don't work – another time they did.)

henry

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Re: open files as root

[Thierry Volpiatto]

Hi Henry,
you can use a function like this:

,----
| (defun find-file-as-root (file)
|   (interactive "fFindFileAsRoot: ")
|   (find-file (concat "/su::" (expand-file-name file))))
`----

Replace /su: by /sudo: if you are a sudo user (Debian?)

henry atting <nsmp_01@online.de> writes:

> On Sa, Aug 29 2009, David Kastrup wrote:
>
>> henry atting <nsmp_01@online.de> writes:
>>
>>> Is there another way as with tramp to open files as root within emacs?
>>
>> No.
>>
>>> (Since I am sure that tramp and I never will be friends in this life)
>>
>> Partners is all you need.
>
> Okay, tramp won, I switched from zsh (which impressing functionality I
> don't use anyway) back to bash.
>
> (I now the appropriate lines which are to add to .zshrc, but this time
> they don't work – another time they did.)
>
> henry

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Location: Saint-Cyr-Sur-Mer - France

Re: open files as root

[Anselm Helbig]

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Hi!

At Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:13:29 +0200,
henry atting <nsmp_01@online.de> wrote:
> 
> On Sa, Aug 29 2009, David Kastrup wrote:
> 
> > henry atting <nsmp_01@online.de> writes:
> >
> >> Is there another way as with tramp to open files as root within emacs?
> >
> > No.
> >
> >> (Since I am sure that tramp and I never will be friends in this life)
> >
> > Partners is all you need.
> 
> Okay, tramp won, I switched from zsh (which impressing functionality I
> don't use anyway) back to bash.
> 
> (I now the appropriate lines which are to add to .zshrc, but this time
> they don't work – another time they did.)

No need to drop zsh, just set a proper regex for
tramp-shell-prompt-pattern. This is what works for me:

  (setq tramp-shell-prompt-pattern "^[^$>\n]*[#$%>] *\\(\[[0-9;]*[a-zA-Z] *\\)*")

HTH, 

Anselm


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Re: open files as root

[henry atting]

On Mo, Aug 31 2009, Anselm Helbig wrote:

> Hi!
>
> At Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:13:29 +0200,
> henry atting <nsmp_01@online.de> wrote:
>> 
>> On Sa, Aug 29 2009, David Kastrup wrote:
>> 
>> > henry atting <nsmp_01@online.de> writes:
>> >
>> >> Is there another way as with tramp to open files as root within emacs?
>> >
>> > No.
>> >
>> >> (Since I am sure that tramp and I never will be friends in this life)
>> >
>> > Partners is all you need.
>> 
>> Okay, tramp won, I switched from zsh (which impressing functionality I
>> don't use anyway) back to bash.
>> 
>> (I now the appropriate lines which are to add to .zshrc, but this time
>> they don't work – another time they did.)
>
> No need to drop zsh, just set a proper regex for
> tramp-shell-prompt-pattern. This is what works for me:
>
>   (setq tramp-shell-prompt-pattern "^[^$>\n]*[#$%>] *\\(\[[0-9;]*[a-zA-Z] *\\)*")
>
> HTH, 
>
> Anselm

Thanks Anselm, yes that helps.

Such a thrill: tramp and me are real partners now.

henry

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