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Dear Net-things,
	I've just thought of a possible extra command for emacs: I
often find, right in the middle of an emacs session, that I need to do
something in SuperUser mode. Is it possible to have a command
(su-emacs, say) which asks for the su password, and from then on acts
as if it was run by root? I'ts a pain in the middle of a make to have
to halt emacs, run su, chmod a file (or some such) go out of su, and
then re-run emacs again.
Initial thoughts:
	I appreciate that this could be a security risk, but then so's
su itself, and with good programming it should be fairly secure (And
we're big boys now who know how to program good :-)).
	I have a feeling that emacs would have to be running suid root....?


	Any Comments? I'm willing to put in the work, but collaborators
would be welcome. Flames, suggestions, thoughts etc. to the usual....

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|      &  &      |       &ndy Holyer                                         |
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