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From: Emanuel Berg <embe8573@student.uu.se>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: I'am root user, but 'emacs /etc/sudoers' still report Buffer is read-only: #<buffer sudoers> in modeline
Date: Fri, 01 May 2015 04:31:03 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87egn1ghaw.fsf@debian.uxu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.2062.1430429791.904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org

Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com> writes:

> Not necessary when using the typical sudo
> configuration.

OK, this line in /etc/sudoers does it:

    Defaults env_keep += "HOME LOGNAME EDITOR"

Then one can just do 'sudo visudo' and the tildes (the
~s) in the configs can be left tildes and still refer
to HOME.

LOGNAME is preserved otherwise this line

    (setq inhibit-startup-echo-area-message "incal")

will break.

EDITOR is to get Emacs, of course.

I don't know if this is something that people
"typically" bother with, but now it works, and some
knowledge has been gained. Remember, "Little by
little, it's the finest meal - it's appetite for
hope..." And I agree.

-- 
underground experts united
http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573


      parent reply	other threads:[~2015-05-01  2:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-04-29  6:27 I'am root user, but 'emacs /etc/sudoers' still report Buffer is read-only: #<buffer sudoers> in modeline Show Dont
2015-04-29  8:25 ` Bob Proulx
2015-04-29  8:36 ` tomas
2015-04-29  9:24 ` Alex Kost
2015-04-29 10:33 ` tomas
     [not found] ` <mailman.1889.1430298251.904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-04-29 20:08   ` Emanuel Berg
2015-04-29 20:29     ` Emanuel Berg
2015-04-30 21:36       ` Bob Proulx
     [not found]       ` <mailman.2062.1430429791.904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-05-01  1:23         ` Emanuel Berg
2015-05-01  2:31         ` Emanuel Berg [this message]

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