Open a file with su/sudo inside Emacs
问题 Suppose I want to open a file in an existing Emacs session using su or sudo , without dropping down to a shell and doing sudoedit or sudo emacs . One way to do this is C-x C-f /sudo::/path/to/file but this requires an expensive round-trip through SSH. Is there a more direct way? [EDIT] @JBB is right. I want to be able to invoke su / sudo to save as well as open. It would be OK (but not ideal) to re-authorize when saving. What I'm looking for is variations of find-file and save-buffer that can