Re: su question
On Fri, Jul 07, 2000 at 11:22:38PM +0200, gianluca@pluto.linux.it wrote
> 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] #
>
Not so good if there are other users logged into the
workstation. I prefer
$ ssh -l root localhost
if I want to run X applications as root while logged in as
an ordinary user. Easy to remember, and it just works.
John P.
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