From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thorsten Bonow Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Using Emacs as root ? Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 00:59:57 +0200 Message-ID: <87u03gtzma.fsf@herrrossi.mmweg.rwth-aachen.de> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1157845289 5276 80.91.229.2 (9 Sep 2006 23:41:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2006 23:41:29 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Sep 10 01:41:28 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GMCRy-0002Ut-Rq for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 01:41:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GMCRy-0001tt-EV for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 09 Sep 2006 19:41:26 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsserver.news.garr.it!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!news.dfncis.de!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 31 Original-X-Trace: news.dfncis.de hnrPU635BqeizBhw4jmk4Qetq4rmrmUmlJzm7RVKOWO7SQYr3Pwv7tbywl User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) XEmacs/21.4.19 (linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:li+kcIpX0YKdkcsqloQklb02Rxc= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:141637 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:37260 Archived-At: >>>>> "William" == William Case writes: William> [...] But is there a William> way to launch emacs and use some command in the emacs input line William> that will directly open a root protected file while I am user, William> perhaps combined with C-x C-f? Is there some key combination I can William> set up? -- Regards Bill Hi, maybe you should try the "tramp" package which is great for accessing remote files or ones which belong to a different user or root. It's described in the Emacs Wiki, which I would recommend as a first place to look for everything Emacs related... http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/TrampMode Hope this helps... Toto -- Contact information and PGP key at http://www-users.rwth-aachen.de/thorsten.bonow New York was the kind of place where you could hide from anything. Possibly even yourself. Friedman, Kinky (1993), A case of Lone Star. New York (Wings Books), 274