Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:

> Hi there,
>
> I'm using tramp in emacs24, and have a small question about sudo. First
> of all, I'm using ido-everywhere, so when I want to open a file I hit
> "C-x C-f", then two forward slashes to get to the filesystem root.
>
> Then it's "sudo:". At this point ido gives me three choices:
>
> Find file: /sudo:{ . | localhost: | root@}
>
> Going through "root@" just leads another "localhost", so there doesn't
> seem to be any difference there. Is there? I suppose that's what I'd use
> if I wanted to access files as a different user altogether.
>
> So I choose localhost, then go for the file I want. Tramp asks me for my
> password once when I choose localhost, and then again the next time it
> needs to touch the filesystem (since I'm using ido, that means the first
> time it starts completing filepaths).

Don't know about the rest of your questions, but isn't sudo
method supposed to be used like `/sudo::/etc/conf'?

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