Re: howto make root emacs open in X
On 2009-01-11 16:40 +0100, Martin wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 03:19:03PM +0100, Tom Rauchenwald wrote:
>> 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.
>
> I try this but it does not work!
> I typed
> /sudo::/var/log/syslog
> to find-file prompt and this is what I got:
> FTP Error: OPEN request failed: ftp: sudo: Host name lookup failure
>
> I use emacs that comes with etch
> GNU Emacs 21.4.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars)
> of 2007-01-04 on saens, modified by Debian
> Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>
> I also have setup that enable user to use sudo without password and run
> all programs.
>
> My question is what exactly do I type in find-file prompt or do
> I need to use newer emacs?
For Emacs 21 you need the tramp¹ package. It is included in Emacs 22
and later.
Sven
¹ http://packages.debian.org/etch/tramp
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