Re: editing a file on a remote host as root

[Chris Withers]

Michael Albinus wrote:
> > /sudo:address@hidden:/
>
> For this, you need another rule, like
>
> (add-to-list 'tramp-default-proxies-alist
>               '(nil "\\`different_user_to_my_local_user\\'" "/ssh:%h:"))

Okay, but how can I make that generic such that I don't need to add a 
new rule to my .emacs file every time I have to use a new username to 
log into a particular host?

cheers,

Chris

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