From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter FELECAN Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Tramp su from dired Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 14:23:20 +0200 Organization: N/A Message-ID: References: <87octjtfz6.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1243634500 21762 80.91.229.12 (29 May 2009 22:01:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 22:01:40 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat May 30 00:01:38 2009 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 1MAA8v-00005s-AB for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 30 May 2009 00:01:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60226 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MAA8u-00064X-U3 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 May 2009 18:01:36 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newsfeed.news2me.com!nx02.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!69.16.185.21.MISMATCH!npeer03.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!feeder.erje.net!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!cleanfeed3-b.proxad.net!nnrp15-1.free.fr!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.3 (usg-unix-v) Cancel-Lock: sha1:sjK57Uv0B8/mhxzNVX/Er4uCFoo= Original-Lines: 22 Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 29 May 2009 14:24:33 MEST Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.227.5.104 Original-X-Trace: 1243599873 news-2.free.fr 7892 82.227.5.104:48498 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@proxad.net Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:169581 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 29 May 2009 17:59:51 -0400 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:64820 Archived-At: notbob writes: > On 2009-05-26, Peter FELECAN wrote: > >>> notbob 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. Sorry for that. Which version of Emacs and tramp are you using? -- the true email address is encoded in an attempt to minimize spam. pass csryrpna ng npz qbg bet through http://www.rot13.com/