Re: buffer uid

[J-P Theberge <jphiltheberge@videotron.ca>]

Arthur Davis <adavis@torrentnet.com> writes:

> Is it possible to open a buffer and edit it as a different user?  In
> other words, if I have two user accounts, can I run emacs from one
> account and edit a file owned by the other account (and not writable
> by the account running emacs)?

Hi,

I use this:

(defun find-file-as-another-user (f u)
  (interactive "sFind file: \ns as user: ")
  (require 'tramp)
  (find-file (concat "/su:" u "@localhost:" f)))

It require tramp

-jp