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Tramp su from dired
From: |
notbob |
Subject: |
Tramp su from dired |
Date: |
Sat, 23 May 2009 23:11:56 GMT |
User-agent: |
slrn/0.9.8.1 (Linux) |
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) ;)
nb