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On 2009-05-26, Peter FELECAN <pfelecan@deadspam.com> wrote:

>> notbob <notbob@nothome.com> writes:

>>> when not in dired mode, but when using e (edit) or C-x C-f in dired and then
>>> specifying a file -- /su::/dir/foo -- I end up opening a new foo file
>>> instead of the existing foo file I specified.  

> Or C-x C-f /su::/path/to/file/owned/by/root

If you'd read my post closely, you'd have realized I've already tried that
and it doesn't work.

nb