From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: gebser@speakeasy.net Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Editing a file as root Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 07:40:51 -0500 (EST) Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: Reply-To: gebser@speakeasy.net NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1071492585 19415 80.91.224.253 (15 Dec 2003 12:49:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 12:49:45 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 15 13:49:39 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AVsAM-0003Qa-00 for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2003 13:49:38 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AVt1W-0006a3-IK for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 15 Dec 2003 08:44:34 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AVt0F-0005bP-AV for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Dec 2003 08:43:15 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AVszO-0004x9-Fb for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Dec 2003 08:42:55 -0500 Original-Received: from [216.254.0.206] (helo=mail6.speakeasy.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.24) id 1AVszN-0004tf-47 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Dec 2003 08:42:21 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail 9235 invoked from network); 15 Dec 2003 12:40:52 -0000 Original-Received: from dsl093-011-017.cle1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO heidegger.mousecar.net) ([66.93.11.17]) (envelope-sender ) by mail6.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with DES-CBC3-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 15 Dec 2003 12:40:52 -0000 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:15271 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:15271 Did you try logging into the server as root from the command line... i.e., without using tramp? At 11:47 (UTC+0100) on Mon, 15 Dec 2003 Sébastien Kirche said: = On my system (Mac OSX 10.2.8), emacs fails or freezes after entering the = superuser password. = "top" shows that no cpu is used by emacs, and i can get the control back = with C-g = = Here is the messages left by tramp : = = Loading tramp... = Loading executable...done = Loading tramp...done = tramp: Opening connection for `' using `su'... = tramp: Waiting for prompts from remote shell = tramp: Waiting 60s for prompt from remote shell = tramp: Sending password = Password: = Password:. = Password:.. = Password:... = Password:.... = Password:..... = Password:...... = Password:....... = tramp-process-actions: Login failed = = I remember recent considerations about a bad behavior of emacs on osx = and communication with sub-processes. But i wasn't able to find them again. = Maybe it is relative to my problem ? = = Sébastien Kirche = _______________________________________________ = Help-gnu-emacs mailing list = Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org = http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs =