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Lute Kamstra wrote:

>Kin Cho <kin@techie.com> writes:
>
>  
>
>>>My problem is that when I use the su command to become another
>>>user, I am forced to use the other user's .emacs instead of my
>>>own.
>>>      
>>>
>>While su'ed as another user, use "emacs -u your-login".
>>    
>>
>
>You may also have to do "chmod o+r .emacs".
>
>  Lute.
>
>  
>
You will probably also have to do "chmod o+x <home directory> "   for 
this to work.

-- 
J. D. Addison
email puff@theaddisons.demon.co.uk