Re: Tramp

[Michael Albinus]

Bill Wohler <address@hidden> writes:

> How about if I want to run "M-x svn-status RET / RET" as root locally.
>
> How about if I want to run "M-x svn-status RET DIRECTORY RET" as either
> me or as root on a remote machine? Note that the remote machine is
> configured to not accept ssh connections as root--you have to log in as
> another user first. I tried "M-x svn-status RET /ssh:host:~wohler RET"
> and that produced a view of my home directory on localhost.

All this should be possible with Tramp 2.1, which is integrated in the
Emacs trunk.

> Also, I read in the manual (for tramp version 2.1.11) about
> tramp-default-proxies-alist so that one can edit files as root on a
> remote host, but that variable does not appear to be available in tramp
> 2.0.55 (in Emacs 22).

Emacs 22.x won't be upgraded to Tramp 2.1 I suspect. So you must
either use Emacs 23.0.50 (that is the Emacs trunk from CVS), or
install Tramp 2.1 in parallel to Emacs 22.

> Thanks again.

Best regards, Michael.