GNU bug report logs - #25419
give better message when trying to go to forbidden areas

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2017 16:40:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: give better message when trying to go to forbidden areas
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2017 22:44:08 +0800

Do C-x C-f ~root
You will see:
Setting current directory: Success, /root/

But that is about all.

Because normally,

$ cd ~root
bash: cd: /root: Permission denied

Which better reflects reality.
This bug report was last modified 8 years and 116 days ago.

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