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* copying in dired with sudo permissions
@ 2003-10-31 13:47 Leo
  2003-10-31 20:21 ` Kevin Rodgers
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From: Leo @ 2003-10-31 13:47 UTC (permalink / raw)


hi there

in dired i want to copy file to a directory which only root can write.

in a shell i could do the copying via sudo cp <from> <to>. any idea how 
i can tell dired to use "sudo cp" instead of "cp" and how do i provide 
then the sudo password?

cheers, leo

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* Re: copying in dired with sudo permissions
  2003-10-31 13:47 copying in dired with sudo permissions Leo
@ 2003-10-31 20:21 ` Kevin Rodgers
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Kevin Rodgers @ 2003-10-31 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)


Leo wrote:

> in dired i want to copy file to a directory which only root can write.
> 
> in a shell i could do the copying via sudo cp <from> <to>. any idea how 
> i can tell dired to use "sudo cp" instead of "cp" and how do i provide 
> then the sudo password?

You don't.  Instead, you specify the file using ange-ftp or tramp syntax, e.g

/root@localhost:/only-root-could-write-this-file.txt


-- 
Kevin Rodgers

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