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John McCracken writes
>If I su root (or any user, for that matter), and then change directories
>and try to edit a file using emacs, emacs DOESN'T FIND THE FILE!  If I do
>a pwd, it tells me that my default directory is where I think I am, but
>emacs tries to open the file in the directory I was in when I "su'd"!
>                              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I don't know that I "solved it" .. but I know what makes it work right:
run the login when you su.  That is, "su -", and the problem goes away.
Basically, pwd and emacs are using different things, and one of the
quirky things about su without the dash is that some things in the
environment are preserved and others aren't.

I haven't bothered to chase it down to the exact environment variables
involved.

I hope this helps.

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