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From: J-P Theberge <jphiltheberge@videotron.ca>
Subject: Re: buffer uid
Date: 10 Oct 2003 16:33:00 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m38ynsal4z.fsf@megalon.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.1502.1065808219.21628.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org

Arthur Davis <adavis@torrentnet.com> writes:

> 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)?

Hi,

I use this:

(defun find-file-as-another-user (f u)
  (interactive "sFind file: \ns as user: ")
  (require 'tramp)
  (find-file (concat "/su:" u "@localhost:" f)))

It require tramp

-jp

  parent reply	other threads:[~2003-10-10 20:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <mailman.1502.1065808219.21628.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2003-10-10 18:02 ` buffer uid Stefan Monnier
2003-10-10 20:33 ` J-P Theberge [this message]
     [not found] <mailman.1794.1066311260.21628.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2003-10-18  7:05 ` Tim X
2003-10-16 13:30 andrew.maguire
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2003-10-10 17:48 Arthur Davis

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