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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/net')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/net/tramp.el | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/net/tramp.el b/lisp/net/tramp.el index 426785dd9a4..50fbaed01e0 100644 --- a/lisp/net/tramp.el +++ b/lisp/net/tramp.el @@ -5008,7 +5008,11 @@ coding system might not be determined. This function repairs it." (setq buffer-file-name filename) (setq buffer-read-only (not (file-writable-p filename))) (set-visited-file-modtime) - (set-buffer-modified-p nil)) + (set-buffer-modified-p nil) + ;; For root, preserve owner and group when editing files. + (when (string-equal (file-remote-p filename 'user) "root") + (set (make-local-variable 'backup-by-copying-when-mismatch) t) + (put 'backup-by-copying-when-mismatch 'permanent-local t))) (when (and (stringp local-copy) (or remote-copy (null tramp-temp-buffer-file-name))) (delete-file local-copy)) |