Re: howto make root emacs open in X

[Tom Rauchenwald <its.sec@gmx.net>]

Harry P <reader@newsguy.com> writes:

> I'm running a recently installed lenny with default xfce desktop.
>
> While working in the X session I often ssh to root@localhost for a
> root shell and have one running as I work.  I'd like to be able to
> open emacs from that root shell and have the emacs instance open in
> the X session instead of a inside the root shell in console mode as it
> currently does.

ssh -X root@localhost

> I've had this setup in the past ... possibly not on a debian OS so I
> know it can work with some minor setup.
>
> Can anyone tell me what I need to do to get this to happen?

I don't emacs as root, i use tramp... simply open a file you want to
open as root with /sudo:: or /su:: prefixed. You will be prompted for a
password, and can then edit the file from your user's emacs.

-t

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