From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Brendan Halpin Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Can't kill processes as root in *shell* Date: 24 Oct 2003 09:33:19 +0100 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <3F9834BC.2070508@yahoo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1066985417 20875 80.91.224.253 (24 Oct 2003 08:50:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 08:50:17 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 24 10:50:15 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 1ACxeA-0005Ye-00 for ; Fri, 24 Oct 2003 10:50:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1ACxZm-0005qL-M4 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 24 Oct 2003 04:45:42 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.uchicago.edu!yellow.newsread.com!netaxs.com!newsread.com!feed2.newsreader.com!newsreader.com!newshosting.com!news-xfer2.atl.newshosting.com!167.206.3.103.MISMATCH!news3.optonline.net!peer02.cox.net!peer01.cox.net!cox.net!newsfeed.stueberl.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!wivenhoe.staff8.ul.IE!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 22 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: wivenhoe.staff8.ul.ie (136.201.147.134) Original-X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1066984403 32377807 136.201.147.134 (16 [139789]) User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:117577 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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:13509 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:13509 Kevin Rodgers writes: > Brendan Halpin wrote: > > In shell-mode, if I "su -", I find that C-c C-c no longer works to > > kill processes. > > Works for me. What version of Emacs are you using, on what platform? > What shell do you use? (I assume root uses /bin/sh.) What command are > you trying to interrupt? (I assume it's not a pipeline or a subshell.) 21.2 under RH9, 21.3 under RH7.1, root is using /bin/bash. Ordinary "single" commands, e.g. "ping www.ul.ie". To my surprise, Kin Cho's suggestion of C-q C-c RET works, reminding me how little I know about Emacs and its underlays. Brendan -- Brendan Halpin, Department of Sociology, University of Limerick, Ireland Tel: w +353-61-213147 f +353-61-202569 h +353-61-390476; Room F2-025 x 3147 mailto:brendan.halpin@ul.ie http://www.ul.ie/sociology/brendan.halpin.html