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Re: root buffer in Emacs started as ordinary user
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Josh Howard |
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Re: root buffer in Emacs started as ordinary user |
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Wed, 30 Jun 2004 09:47:19 -0700 |
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Jean-Christophe Weis <jcweis@melix.net> writes:
> Hello list,
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> Can I start Emacs as an ordinary user, and then from inside that
> Emacs, open a buffer as root for editing, say, a system file? Or must
> I start another Emacs as root to do that?
With tramp, yes.
C-x C-f /su::/etc/ttys
http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/TrampMode
http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/tramp/
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Josh Howard <jrh@zeppelin.net>