Re: different color for root

[Fabian Braennstroem]

Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com> writes:

> Fabian Braennstroem wrote:
>  > I have two different '.emacs' for me and 'root'; mainly just a change in 
> the
>  > background-color. But starting Emacs for root under xfree does have the 
> same
>  > color as starting it for me (user). Even uncommenting 'ecb' for root does 
> not
>  > have any affect, it still loads.
>  > What do I do wrong?
>
> How are you "starting Emacs for root under xfree"?  I will guess that
> you're logged in as yourself, running a shell in an xterm, and then use
> su to become root before starting emacs.  In that case, root is the
> effective user but you are still the real user.  I think you can solve
> your problem by using `su -` so that root is the real user, or by
> starting Emacs as `emacs -u root` to load it's .emacs file.

Thanks!
But using 'su -' helps being the real root-user, but emacs starts
non-graphical. And 'emacs -u root' does not give me root rights. Do you have a
third idea?

Greetings!
-- 
Fabian Braennstroem
Duesseldorf/Berlin