Re: Using Emacs as root ?

[Thorsten Bonow]

>>>>> "William" == William Case <billlinux@rogers.com> writes:

    William> [...] But is there a
    William> way to launch emacs and use some command in the emacs input line
    William> that will directly open a root protected file while I am user,
    William> perhaps combined with C-x C-f?  Is there some key combination I can
    William> set up?  -- Regards Bill

Hi, maybe you should try the "tramp" package which is great for accessing remote
files or ones which belong to a different user or root.

It's described in the Emacs Wiki, which I would recommend as a first place to
look for everything Emacs related...

http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/TrampMode

Hope this helps...

Toto



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