Re: different color for root

[Kevin Rodgers]

Fabian Braennstroem wrote:
> But using 'su -' helps being the real root-user, but emacs starts
> non-graphical.

That's because the new login shell does not inherit the DISPLAY
environment variable.  You need to explicitly set it and export it
before starting emacs.

> And 'emacs -u root' does not give me root rights. Do you have a
> third idea?

If you just want to edit files (vs. execute shell commands via M-!
etc.), visit them via ange-ftp: C-x C-f /root@localhost:/etc/passwd RET

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Kevin Rodgers