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Re: SU commands from Emacs
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David Hansen |
Subject: |
Re: SU commands from Emacs |
Date: |
Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:04:42 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.110007 (No Gnus v0.7) Emacs/22.1.50 (gnu/linux) |
On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:38:59 -0400 Joel J. Adamson wrote:
> The one remaining problem is executing shell commands that need root
> permission. I can use Dired and edit files with "/su::" tramp-mode,
> however sometimes I just need to execute a command. I have sudo
> installed on Slackware Linux 12.0, but the password prompt does not
> come up properly.
I use
(defun root-shell (&optional arg)
(interactive "P")
(let ((explicit-shell-file-name "sudo"))
(shell (if arg
(generate-new-buffer-name "*root shell*")
"*root shell*"))
;; change this to your roots home directory
(setq default-directory "/root/")))
David
- SU commands from Emacs, Joel J. Adamson, 2007/08/17
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- Re: SU commands from Emacs, Joel J. Adamson, 2007/08/17
- Re: SU commands from Emacs, Dieter Wilhelm, 2007/08/24
- Re: SU commands from Emacs, Michael Albinus, 2007/08/24
- Re: SU commands from Emacs, Dieter Wilhelm, 2007/08/24
- Re: SU commands from Emacs, Peter Dyballa, 2007/08/24
- Re: SU commands from Emacs, Dieter Wilhelm, 2007/08/25
- Re: SU commands from Emacs, Joel J. Adamson, 2007/08/25