From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David desJardins Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: yes I'm root but want 444 files found readonly Date: 03 Jul 2002 11:46:42 -0700 Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <87ptyd99ml.fsf@jidanni.org> <86znxaq5iw.fsf@eden-hda7.my.local> <87lm8ut8a8.fsf@pot.cnuce.cnr.it> <87znx9eepc.fsf@jidanni.org> <87hejgu7fa.fsf@pot.cnuce.cnr.it> Reply-To: David desJardins NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1025722070 6091 127.0.0.1 (3 Jul 2002 18:47:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 18:47:50 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 17PpAM-0001a7-00 for ; Wed, 03 Jul 2002 20:47:50 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 17PpAn-0002li-00; Wed, 03 Jul 2002 14:48:17 -0400 Original-Received: from gold.math.berkeley.edu ([169.229.58.61] helo=Math.Berkeley.EDU) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 17Pp9I-0002eK-00 for ; Wed, 03 Jul 2002 14:46:44 -0400 Original-Received: from yuban.math.Berkeley.EDU (blue1 [169.229.58.58]) by Math.Berkeley.EDU (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g63Ikg0n019806 for ; Wed, 3 Jul 2002 11:46:43 -0700 (PDT) X-Authentication-Warning: gold.math.berkeley.edu: Host blue1 [169.229.58.58] claimed to be yuban.math.Berkeley.EDU Original-Received: (from desj@localhost) by yuban.math.Berkeley.EDU (8.9.3/8.9.3) id LAA06949; Wed, 3 Jul 2002 11:46:42 -0700 (PDT) X-Authentication-Warning: blue1.math.berkeley.edu: desj set sender to desj@math.berkeley.edu using -f Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@mail.gnu.org In-Reply-To: <87hejgu7fa.fsf@pot.cnuce.cnr.it> Original-Lines: 13 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:2430 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:2430 "Francesco Potorti`" writes: > In my opinion, that should be standard Emacs behaviour. root should be > protected against writing its own read-only files justa as anyone else. > > But anyway, why don't you put those four lines in your > /etc/emacs/default.el or ~root/.emacs? I did the former. Modifying emacs on his system protects one, or a few users, from this problem. Reporting the bug, and getting it fixed everywhere, protects many thousands of users. I tend to agree with him, the latter is worth the trouble but the former isn't. David desJardins