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Re: Editing Files Like /etc/hosts
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Bill Wohler |
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Re: Editing Files Like /etc/hosts |
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Fri, 10 Mar 2006 08:45:25 -0800 |
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Annamalai Gurusami <annamalai.gurusami@EMAIL.masconit.com> writes:
> Suppose I am currently logged in as a normal user, and am using emacs
> for editing some files. And while in the middle of such an emacs
> session, I would like to change the file /etc/hosts. How can I open
> this file such that I can edit it?
I usually have another Emacs session run by root for such things, but
I would be curious to hear if I could use my non-root session as well.
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