From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: starting emacs remote doesn't load .emacs Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:31:53 -0400 Message-ID: References: <470CB421.3010606@softexperience.ro> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1192038186 10553 80.91.229.12 (10 Oct 2007 17:43:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:43:06 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 10 19:43:05 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IffaL-0001i4-9H for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 10 Oct 2007 19:43:05 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IffaF-0002FM-EA for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:42:59 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local01.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.umontreal.ca!news.umontreal.ca.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:31:53 -0500 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/23.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:r0anzyo3xh9nkjcyRsGXMkYvsXc= Original-Lines: 8 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 132.204.27.213 Original-X-Trace: sv3-8BjiQMAZG21U6MXHAZHJwpXTjzUkiM+mo5Jf83vf5z7N/zuQinkywl583v6DBGFQ55ycIeXz39/nga+!J6UUqt3dQJuG5TB/XY5mlourvwP99zoWxlDepO7/mh7H7FvriC17k27D1Z2oEDNxqS1wjtzupnXF!AJ7R3Y/X0//kDJwTjA== Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@umontreal.ca X-DMCA-Complaints-To: abuse@umontreal.ca X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.36 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:152811 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:48316 Archived-At: > I logged as bob user and then su to root. I strongly recommend you stay away from "su root" and use "su - root" (or just "su -") instead. That will properly reset your environment and thus avoid problems such as root reading/overwriting your .emacs file. Stefan