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Is there a way to open a local file for editing as a root? I need to make some changes to a config file located at ~/.emacs.d/init.el, but the Emacs tells me that the buffer is read-only.

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  • Note that you should not need root permissions to edit a file located under your home directory. Check what you're doing.
    – Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
    Commented Oct 5, 2017 at 20:17
  • Not if the owner of that file is root. Then it does not matter in which directory the file is located.
    – MadPhysicist
    Commented Oct 5, 2017 at 20:23
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    That's my point: root should not own that file. You should fix that.
    – Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
    Commented Oct 5, 2017 at 20:30
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    Does the file exist? Have you or your administrator configured Tramp? Can you reproduce the problem when you start Emacs with emacs -Q ?
    – Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
    Commented Oct 5, 2017 at 20:43
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    @MadPhysicist: /sudo:: is tramp shorthand for /sudo:root@<host>:
    – phils
    Commented Oct 5, 2017 at 21:08

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