[emacs-berlin] Automatic sudo

Michael Albinus michael.albinus at gmx.de
Fri Aug 28 07:21:06 UTC 2015


Volker Diels-Grabsch <v at njh.eu> writes:

>> And before I forget: "sudo" is preferred for Ubuntu systems and
>> derivates. Otherwise, one needs to open via "su". Make it configurable.
>
> And even others use "doas", which is simpler and hopefully less buggy
> and less insecure than "sudo".
>
> http://www.tedunangst.com/flak/post/doas

This is not part of Tramp. One could add, 'tho. Likely not in plain
Tramp, but as add-on.

However, I don't see the advantage compared with "sudo". Calling
"doas -u root -s" or "sudo -u root -s" doesn't make a difference to me.

> Regards,
> Volker

Best regards, Michael.


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