From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Yuri Khan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Trouble saving to the emacs file dir under Windows Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2016 14:00:38 +0600 Message-ID: References: <2ad2e21d-065f-4cdb-a836-8b30b199a235@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1465804908 20137 80.91.229.3 (13 Jun 2016 08:01:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2016 08:01:48 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" To: Davin Pearson Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 13 10:01:43 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1bCMoO-0002g9-N3 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 13 Jun 2016 10:01:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54304 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bCMoN-0007QW-Su for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 13 Jun 2016 04:01:31 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53660) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bCMnu-0007PQ-5P for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Jun 2016 04:01:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bCMns-0005iw-Fa for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Jun 2016 04:01:01 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-lf0-x22c.google.com ([2a00:1450:4010:c07::22c]:33321) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bCMnr-0005ia-8n for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Jun 2016 04:01:00 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-lf0-x22c.google.com with SMTP id f6so58461379lfg.0 for ; Mon, 13 Jun 2016 01:00:58 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=CZ3c74s4NpEXov3jZzEFMKybuxpGW5PcHNNmh7QWqcw=; b=LyurzD0difYMDQxpKYDM1fE45KKeVrftz0DPTwomhbhHJnFXPsz7GJq/IKiBzsyOct bVGu/a7FvB3+vcV3n3TaPUXTGtRA2Hld/vDV+kKY2qqYgopFiJbdF2GlLAnODHGiHb+g Clt7KxBDNrU016tfFlgH5Ra4yE2HRFt2kbM9E59KaYadOffwL9a3Bkyvi8llu1+Jj47k FG6PQggsG+KilOsWosqjwxM29XNE7wBJf/CilO7crCCITrsBX0spH0311/rgpDw5vtA2 vEqkgPKqPiGdkBfFRF7HSz1WI+mNaW00bGxU2XpKxAOnR1hMnVkIyGe6GydNi4/cH/1z mgEQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from :date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=CZ3c74s4NpEXov3jZzEFMKybuxpGW5PcHNNmh7QWqcw=; b=PQLdc1kj/vLyD0p7Bm/sb8A7T1AWWot/GDY4AcDG7tqBofuRPlRAA6y5B3YCOXOSwY Omo7oDp2DJfbSmuKvT9c7dRpezeLvZUvEbCLysXls8oSQwQqBHQxpoymNsd4NmnScpgT Jk6gSFj927gczAQjSRS0+liQ1PRvMF0TEuxI62LMP/BobA6yAwWF0LJns48JxjES2XII 0Qfdvvmi/0h5AjPKrhDz1VHBSINIydRhAE5gvdwyArDgtCnndup8f4rWdjEREkSsR51o Rfu58EsqOYrcWBcfTc9vzOCLZCayJ33Gues+8BYXrmEgbUDEoD0bN4O+CXOEwcaiasMy bNJQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ALyK8tK7tqIkIXcYTn5TDPagv7Owya5jJN+aDt+WraYnX2PrE43WjootGAnN1lYXrXnm0RjLVWqoFPM41rzcbw== X-Received: by 10.25.139.68 with SMTP id n65mr3229014lfd.203.1465804857886; Mon, 13 Jun 2016 01:00:57 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.114.182.167 with HTTP; Mon, 13 Jun 2016 01:00:38 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <2ad2e21d-065f-4cdb-a836-8b30b199a235@googlegroups.com> X-Google-Sender-Auth: QGswZkayE6NGDrdEu-zi8nA-3qs X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:4010:c07::22c X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:110428 Archived-At: On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 1:39 PM, Davin Pearson wr= ote: >> > I am trying to get write access to the Emacs file dir under the MS Win= dows operating system. > If there is no way to change the file "dir" then my system will be less u= sable > to users of GNU Emacs on Windows systems. Everything works fine under L= inux, although the user has to be in logged in as root to patch the "dir" f= ile, among > other things. Windows has its analogs of root and sudo, too; they are called Administrator and elevation, respectively. In order to modify files installed on the system scope, as opposed to user=E2=80=99s home directory, you have to be running with local administrator privileges.