Re: editing a file on a remote host as root

[Chris Withers]

Michael Albinus wrote:
> Chris Withers <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > > 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?
>
> It can be a regular expression. If you know one which matches every user
> but the "transit" user you need to jump first, you're done.

I don't follow and also don't see how that solves the problem when the 
transit username is the same as that of the user on the remote machine.

I have to admit, it's a little bizarre that all this stuff needs doing, 
why does:

/sudo:address@hidden:/

...or...

/address@hidden:sudo/

...just do what it reads like it should do? Why the need for all the 
default proxies hackery?

Chris

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