From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Mac terminal.app: starting emacs, possibly as sudo
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:04:19 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvty77pvge.fsf-monnier+gnu.emacs.help@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.387.1318803983.15868.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> 2) Is it possible to start emacs in "sudo mode", so starting emacs via
> "sudo emacs" in the terminal (and then being root when opening a shell from
> within emacs)?
I recommend you don't run large applications such as Emacs as root.
You can edit root-owned files from Emacs using Tramp's (aka
"/sudo::<filename>"), which is usually more convenient.
[ Tho I must admit I probably use Zile more often than Emacs to edit
root-owned files. ]
Stefan
next parent reply other threads:[~2011-10-17 14:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2011-10-17 14:04 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2011-10-16 22:26 Mac terminal.app: starting emacs, possibly as sudo Marius Hofert
2011-10-16 23:26 ` Perry Smith
2011-10-17 7:37 ` Marius Hofert
2011-10-17 10:36 ` Peter Dyballa
2011-10-17 13:33 ` Perry Smith
2011-10-17 15:18 ` Peter Dyballa
2011-10-17 20:52 ` Marius Hofert
2011-10-16 23:43 ` Peter Dyballa
2011-10-17 7:34 ` Marius Hofert
2011-10-17 8:07 ` Michael Albinus
2011-10-17 8:29 ` Marius Hofert
2011-10-17 8:32 ` Michael Albinus
2011-10-17 9:13 ` Marius Hofert
2011-10-17 10:38 ` Peter Dyballa
2011-10-17 13:34 ` Perry Smith
2011-10-17 15:28 ` Peter Dyballa
2011-10-17 10:34 ` Peter Dyballa
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