Meino Christian Cramer wrote:
Hi,
I often edit some system related files as root while haveing cat-ed related
(text-) material as user on another terminal.
Trying to do the following under X and with mrxvt as termulator does not work:
sux root
<password>
vim <a system file>
(and as user at another termulator-window"):
cat <a file>
selecting some text
(back to the rooted vim: )
"*p
Doing both as user works nicely.
Is it possible to Cut(user)'n'Paste(root) somehow? Is this a problem
of security settiongs, of permission settings or of me myself ? ;)
Ah! by the way: I am running Gentoo linux (updated on a daily basis)
and I am using vim via the console (mrxvt termulator) under X.
Thanks a lot for any help in advance!
Keep editing!
mcc
If it doesn't work via the clipboard, try the older (pre-clipboard) method,
using an auxiliary file:
:[range]w {filename} " write lines (from) (to)
:[line]r {filename} " read after (line)
" or before line 1 if (line) == 0
User -> root should work with no problem. For root -> user you might need
:!chmod {filename} a+r
in between, to give everyone read permission.
Best regards,
Tony.
