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Re: running eshell as root
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John Wiegley |
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Re: running eshell as root |
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Thu, 31 Oct 2002 22:17:15 -0700 |
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>>>>> On Sun Sep 29, ftrw writes:
> Hi, Can I start eshell running as root through my normal user
> emacs, so that I have a root shell as one of my buffers? Or do I
> just have to have a separate emacs/xterm running as root?
You have to have a separate Emacs running as root. Since Eshell is
not a subprocess, there is no way to change its effective user id.
The process so changed would be Emacs itself.
John
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