From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: buffer uid Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 18:02:14 GMT Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1065809800 3143 80.91.224.253 (10 Oct 2003 18:16:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 18:16:40 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 10 20:16:38 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 1A81oc-0000Dc-01 for ; Fri, 10 Oct 2003 20:16:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1A81nq-00052U-Q4 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Oct 2003 14:15:50 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-out1.nntp.be!propagator2-sterling!news-in-sterling.nuthinbutnews.com!snoopy.risq.qc.ca!charlie.risq.qc.ca!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 10 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 132.204.24.42 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@umontreal.ca Original-X-Trace: charlie.risq.qc.ca 1065808934 132.204.24.42 (Fri, 10 Oct 2003 14:02:14 EDT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 14:02:14 EDT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:117201 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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:13129 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:13129 > Is it possible to open a buffer and edit it as a different user? In > other words, if I have two user accounts, can I run emacs from one > account and edit a file owned by the other account (and not writable > by the account running emacs)? The Tramp package allows you to do that (as long as you have `su', `sudo' or `ssh' shell access to the other user). Stefan