Re: Editing Files Like /etc/hosts

[Michael Albinus]

Annamalai Gurusami <annamalai.gurusami@EMAIL.masconit.com> writes:

> Hi All,

Hi,

>
> Suppose I am currently logged in as a normal user, and am using emacs
> for editing some files.  And while in the middle of such an emacs
> session, I would like to change the file /etc/hosts.  How can I open
> this file such that I can edit it?  
>
> If I do something like this
>
> C-x C-f /root@localhost:/etc/hosts RET
>
> I am getting login incorrect, because I think by default we cannot
> login as 'root' in a ftp session.

You might try Tramp <http://www.gnu.org/software/tramp/>. Then you
could edit something like "/su:root@localhost:/etc/hosts" (or
"/su::/etc/hosts" in short).

> Rgds,
> anna

Best regards, Michael.