From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lute Kamstra Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: letting super user read .emacs Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 08:08:21 +0200 Organization: CWI, Amsterdam Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <7iekxwrydq.fsf@neoscale.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1065075417 3312 80.91.224.253 (2 Oct 2003 06:16:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2003 06:16:57 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 02 08:16:55 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 1A4wlj-0000Lt-01 for ; Thu, 02 Oct 2003 08:16:55 +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 1A4wkg-0002Xg-MX for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 02 Oct 2003 02:15:50 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!skynet.be!skynet.be!newshub1.home.nl!home.nl!nntpfeed-01.ops.asmr-01.energis-idc.net!surfnet.nl!news.surfnet.nl!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 15 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: occarina.pna.cwi.nl Original-X-Trace: news.surfnet.nl 1065074902 2910 192.16.184.200 (2 Oct 2003 06:08:22 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.surfnet.nl Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2003 06:08:22 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <7iekxwrydq.fsf@neoscale.com> (Kin Cho's message of "01 Oct 2003 22:40:01 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:p98Pz6kkWkVKscQaPaDDqBAQFrs= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:117016 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:12944 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:12944 Kin Cho writes: >> My problem is that when I use the su command to become another >> user, I am forced to use the other user's .emacs instead of my >> own. > > While su'ed as another user, use "emacs -u your-login". You may also have to do "chmod o+r .emacs". Lute. -- (spook) => "Bosnia Centro bluebird" (insert-file-contents "~/.signature") => (error "`~/.signature' too rude")