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Article #8165Re: Suggestion: An su mode for Emacs???
From: Nate Hess
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 1988 19:43
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 1988 19:43
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In article <8812161518.AA20708@uk.ac.lon.rfhsm.ux>, and@ux (Andy Holyer) writes:
>Dear Net-things,
>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?
Here is something quick'n'dirty that should do what you want:
(defun emacs-su ()
"Don superuser costume in a seperate terminal emulator buffer."
(interactive)
(terminal-emulator "*Emacs su*" "/bin/su"))
Hope it helps,
--woodstock
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!oliveb!intelca!mipos3!nate From: nate@hobbes.intel.com (Nate Hess) Newsgroups: comp.emacs Subject: Re: Suggestion: An su mode for Emacs??? Message-ID: <3354@mipos3.intel.com> Date: 19 Dec 88 19:43:37 GMT References: <8812161518.AA20708@uk.ac.lon.rfhsm.ux> Sender: news@mipos3.intel.com Reply-To: woodstock@hobbes.intel.com (Nate Hess) Organization: Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA Lines: 21 In-reply-to: and@ux.rfhsm.lon.ac.UK (Andy Holyer)