Re: emacs to run as root from su, in its own X window?

[Andrew J Cosgriff <ajc@polydistortion.net>]

Dan Jacobson wrote :

> How do I get emacs to run as root when I do su, in its own X window?
> $ su

if you just want to occasionally edit files as root with emacs, you
could install tramp.  Then you just open (for instance)

  /[suu/root@localhost]/etc/hosts

in your normal-user emacs and it'll do all it needs to.

(note that you'll need uuencode / uudecode around for the "suu" method
to work.  there's also the "su" method that uses sudo, if you happen
to use sudo).

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Andrew J Cosgriff <ajc@polydistortion.net>
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