From: Michael Albinus <Michael.Albinus@alcatel.de>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Editing Files Like /etc/hosts
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 09:11:22 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <nqlkvin2hh.fsf@alcatel.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <mailman.168.1141972087.2832.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> (Annamalai Gurusami's message of "Fri, 10 Mar 2006 11:31:17 +0530")
Annamalai Gurusami <annamalai.gurusami@EMAIL.masconit.com> writes:
> Hi All,
Hi,
>
> Suppose I am currently logged in as a normal user, and am using emacs
> for editing some files. And while in the middle of such an emacs
> session, I would like to change the file /etc/hosts. How can I open
> this file such that I can edit it?
>
> If I do something like this
>
> C-x C-f /root@localhost:/etc/hosts RET
>
> I am getting login incorrect, because I think by default we cannot
> login as 'root' in a ftp session.
You might try Tramp <http://www.gnu.org/software/tramp/>. Then you
could edit something like "/su:root@localhost:/etc/hosts" (or
"/su::/etc/hosts" in short).
> Rgds,
> anna
Best regards, Michael.
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2006-03-10 8:11 ` Michael Albinus [this message]
2006-03-10 6:01 Editing Files Like /etc/hosts Annamalai Gurusami
2006-03-10 16:45 ` Bill Wohler
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