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Open file via SSH and Sudo with Emacs
I want to open a file using sudo (say, /etc/hosts) on a remote machine connected by ssh using TRAMP on Emacs.
I tried couple of options, but none of them worked. Can anybody tell me how to go about it?
Thank you
Use following in your .emacs
(set-default 'tramp-default-proxies-alist (quote ((".*" "\\`root\\'" "/ssh:%h:"))))
Then you can simply type:
C-x C-f /sudo:root@host[#port]:/path/to/file
It will ask you for your password to access remote shell and then your password again for sudo access.