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Re: su question



On Fri, Jul 07, 2000 at 03:14:55PM +0200, tom wrote:
>  howdy guys,
> 
> This is one of those things that has
> been pestering me. while logged in as a user in x, how can I
> edit files that require su privilages? (like /etc/fstab). I
> usually su from eterm and "jed filename". can I su from within
> emacs? nedit?

I use this method

[Gianluca][~] => xhost + localhost
localhost being added to access control list
[Gianluca][~] => su
Password:
[ROOT][gianluca] # 

bye

Gianluca

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