From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Use .emacs.d in savehist.el Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 00:12:45 -0500 Message-ID: <87vezd0xa4.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> References: <87u0f69ae6.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> <87oe5e977f.fsf@mahaena.lrde> <87oe5dapcz.fsf@mahaena.lrde> <87wtjxt1z8.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87hdazbqnm.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87pspn9kc0.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87wtjuh114.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87acgpghhu.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1130822075 26653 80.91.229.2 (1 Nov 2005 05:14:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 05:14:35 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, snogglethorpe@gmail.com, michael.cadilhac@lrde.org, rms@gnu.org, miles@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 01 06:14:30 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EWoSX-0000d1-QA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Nov 2005 06:13:22 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EWoSX-000179-4P for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Nov 2005 00:13:21 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EWoSK-00015N-GK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Nov 2005 00:13:08 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EWoSI-00014r-VO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Nov 2005 00:13:08 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EWoSI-00014o-SN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Nov 2005 00:13:06 -0500 Original-Received: from [209.226.175.4] (helo=tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EWoS7-0004Lr-6r; Tue, 01 Nov 2005 00:12:55 -0500 Original-Received: from alfajor ([70.48.82.56]) by tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.10 201-253-122-130-110-20040306) with ESMTP id <20051101051254.UCPH21026.tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net@alfajor>; Tue, 1 Nov 2005 00:12:54 -0500 Original-Received: by alfajor (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 15362D742A; Tue, 1 Nov 2005 00:12:45 -0500 (EST) Original-To: Chong Yidong In-Reply-To: <87acgpghhu.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (Chong Yidong's message of "Mon, 31 Oct 2005 22:43:41 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:45217 Archived-At: > When you are root, creating a file or directory in another user's home > directory is problematic. The file will be owned by root, and the > user won't be able to write to it. He can copy it, remove it, and then replace it, tho, so it's not nearly as serious as it sounds. Directories are more problematic. > I looked into the possibility of making Miles' "find customization > file" function do a chown and chgrp on the customization file, so that > this problem won't arise. But Emacs doesn't have any built-in chown > or chgrp. Dired can do it, but it's by calling an external program. I tend to think that people who use "emacs -u foo" as root just get what they deserve. Stefan