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How to use SSH and SUDO together with TRAMP in Emacs

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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

Solution

  • In recent Emacsen and Unixes it's dead simple, just visit a file (C-x C-f) and start the file name with ssh://server:/file.

    If you are using Windows, first install Putty and put it in your PATH environment variable. Then when you visit a file use plink://server:/file instead of ssh://server:/file.

    EDIT:

    This answer is wrong, see the answer below.