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Re: Tramp su from dired
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Peter FELECAN |
Subject: |
Re: Tramp su from dired |
Date: |
Tue, 26 May 2009 18:12:26 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.3 (usg-unix-v) |
Tim X <timx@nospam.dev.null> writes:
> notbob <notbob@nothome.com> writes:
>
>> As a novice emacs fan, I'm learning by using emacs primarily as a file mgr
>> and file editor. I often need to edit a root file as a user and have
>> usually just opened up a new session of emacs as root, but would like to
>> utilize the tramp mode. I've been able to edit a root file from via tramp
>> when not in dired mode, but when using e (edit) or C-x C-f in dired and then
>> specifying a file -- /su::/dir/foo -- I end up opening a new foo file
>> instead of the existing foo file I specified.
>>
>> Is it possible to do su from dired or should I just open up a non-dired
>> window? If so, how? (told you I was a noob) ;)
>>
> Try
>
> C-x C-f /root@localhost:/path/to/file/owned/by/root
Or C-x C-f /su::/path/to/file/owned/by/root
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