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Re: SU commands from Emacs
From: |
Joel J. Adamson |
Subject: |
Re: SU commands from Emacs |
Date: |
Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:28:51 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1 (gnu/linux) |
David Hansen <david.hansen@gmx.net> writes:
> 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/")))
Thanks David, that's slightly more convenient than entering a terminal
emulator *and then* entering "su..." --- but I mean something
different. I'd like to run root commands straight from an editor
window, for example Dired. Deleting files is fine, I just do dired
with "/su::<directory>" and then run the regular dired commands.
Sometimes I want to do a command that requires root privileges.
Joel
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- SU commands from Emacs, Joel J. Adamson, 2007/08/17
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