From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: gebser@speakeasy.net Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Editing a file as root Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 08:19:53 -0500 (EST) Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: Reply-To: gebser@speakeasy.net NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1071667318 6906 80.91.224.253 (17 Dec 2003 13:21:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 13:21:58 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 17 14:21:55 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AWbch-0006Ai-00 for ; Wed, 17 Dec 2003 14:21:55 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AWcZA-0001Wu-0j for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 17 Dec 2003 09:22:20 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AWcYl-0001WV-5Z for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Dec 2003 09:21:55 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AWcYE-00012O-5x for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Dec 2003 09:21:54 -0500 Original-Received: from [216.254.0.205] (helo=mail5.speakeasy.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.24) id 1AWcYD-00012I-Qs for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Dec 2003 09:21:21 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail 27082 invoked from network); 17 Dec 2003 13:19:54 -0000 Original-Received: from dsl093-011-017.cle1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO heidegger.mousecar.net) ([66.93.11.17]) (envelope-sender ) by mail5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with DES-CBC3-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 17 Dec 2003 13:19:54 -0000 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 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 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:15362 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:15362 At 11:07 (UTC+0100) on Wed, 17 Dec 2003 Sébastien Kirche said: = gebser@speakeasy.net writes: = = > Yes, this is what I was asking. I just wanted to make sure that the = > problem wasn't with the server. For example, servers are often set up = > to disallow remote logins to the root account. (From a security = > standpoint, this is a very good idea.) = = Well the "server" is actually the same local machine. So I guess that = even if remote login is disabled (not sure it is) it should not = interfere with local login from within emacs. = Or do i misunderstood and the /su::/some/path acts as a rlogin even on = local system ? = = ... I guess the local/remote paradigm can be confusing in this case, so we should speak in terms of client/server. So, yes, if the server is configured to disallow root logins, then you won't be able to log in as root, even if the client and server are one the same physical machine. So check out the server configuration to see if this is the case. And as said before, the definition of the prompt string might be the problem also. hth, ken