Thanks Eric (and others) The only thing that increases after > 12 years of emacs is the amount I know I dont know. Rustom On 5/20/07, Eric Hanchrow wrote: > > > Is there a more convenient way for doing 'root-things' than > > > Indeed there is -- use "tramp", by doing, e.g., > > C-x C-f /sudo::/etc/passwd RET > > Read (info "(emacs)Remote Files") >