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Re: different color for root
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Kevin Rodgers |
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Re: different color for root |
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Thu, 04 Mar 2004 18:04:05 -0700 |
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Fabian Braennstroem wrote:
> But using 'su -' helps being the real root-user, but emacs starts
> non-graphical.
That's because the new login shell does not inherit the DISPLAY
environment variable. You need to explicitly set it and export it
before starting emacs.
> And 'emacs -u root' does not give me root rights. Do you have a
> third idea?
If you just want to edit files (vs. execute shell commands via M-!
etc.), visit them via ange-ftp: C-x C-f /root@localhost:/etc/passwd RET
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Kevin Rodgers