Re: emacs idiom for sudo

[David Kastrup]

Amy Templeton <amy.g.templeton@gmail.com> writes:

> Tim X <timx@nospam.dev.null> wrote:
>> "Rustom Mody" <rustompmody@gmail.com> writes:
>> > Is there a more convenient way for doing 'root-things' than
>> > -- get out of emacs (maybe suspend)
>> > -- start a shell
>> > -- sudo editor (usually vi) OR su ... password... editor
>
>> I use tramp to do this. Essentially, using either a 'su' or 'sudo' tramp 
>> method
>> to edit a local file. This is described in the tramp manual.
>
> What about executing some elisp code as root (obviously including a
> password prompt, not just executing it without any question)? Or is
> it necessary to just start a whole new Emacs? I didn't see anything
> about this in the tramp manual, but I might not be looking hard
> enough.

M-x eshell RET
cd /sudo::/etc RET

and then working on will do quite a number of things at priviledged
level.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum