Re: Emacs client doesn't run by root

[Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com>]

On 2/28/21 11:09 AM, Tassilo Horn wrote:
> Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com> writes:
>
>> I have been using the emacs daemon as my system editor.
>> Starting with the following script
>> ;; code
>> emacs -q -nw --no-splash --daemon -l ~/.emacs.d/init_term.el
>> ;; end code
>>
>> Works fine as user tim, but if I try it as root, I get the following error
>> message:
>> ;; quote
>> /usr/local/bin/emacsclient: can't find socket; have you started the server?
> The reason is that this will try to connect to the emacs demon run for
> the user root which you would need to start as well.
>
> I just find files as normal user and use the below snippet to be queried
> if I want to open a file I have no write permission for using TRAMP's
> sudo method:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>    (defun th/find-file-sudo (file)
>      "Opens FILE with root privileges."
>      (interactive "F")
>      (set-buffer (find-file (concat "/sudo::" file))))
>
>    (define-advice find-file (:around (ff file &rest more) th/find-file-maybe-sudo)
>      (if (and (file-exists-p file)
>               (not (file-directory-p file))
>               (not (file-writable-p file))
>               (not (file-remote-p file))
>               (y-or-n-p (concat "File "
>                                 file
>                                 " is read-only.  Sudo? ")))
>          (th/find-file-sudo file)
>        (funcall ff file more)))
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
Thanks. It is solved. Cheers

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Tim
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