From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Anderson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Editing a file as root Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 21:09:13 GMT Organization: Mathjunkies.com 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 1071436530 18433 80.91.224.253 (14 Dec 2003 21:15:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 21:15:30 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 14 22:15:28 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 1AVdaK-0003rW-00 for ; Sun, 14 Dec 2003 22:15:28 +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 1AVeX2-0007Tt-JN for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 14 Dec 2003 17:16:08 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-rtr.nyroc.rr.com!news-out.nyroc.rr.com!twister.nyroc.rr.com.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 8 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.59.76.83 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com Original-X-Trace: twister.nyroc.rr.com 1071436153 24.59.76.83 (Sun, 14 Dec 2003 16:09:13 EST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 16:09:13 EST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:119311 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:15250 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:15250 bhiker@free.fr writes: > To edit a file as root, do I have to start another emacs ? Start emacs under a root shell or after suing (or sudoing emacs) and you'll start emacs running with root permissions. -Dan