Allow to switch from current user to sudo when browsind `dired' buffers. To activate and swit with "C-c C-s" just put in your .emacs: (require 'dired-toggle-sudo) (define-key dired-mode-map (kbd "C-c C-s") 'dired-toggle-sudo) (eval-after-load 'tramp '(progn ;; Allow to use: /sudo:user@host:/path/to/file (add-to-list 'tramp-default-proxies-alist '(".*" "\\`.+\\'" "/ssh:%h:"))))