From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 2 11:27:01 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53D1A1065676 for ; Wed, 2 Sep 2009 11:27:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gesbbb@yahoo.com) Received: from smtp109.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com (smtp109.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com [76.13.13.92]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E24C78FC17 for ; Wed, 2 Sep 2009 11:27:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 46548 invoked from network); 2 Sep 2009 11:27:00 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Received:X-Yahoo-SMTP:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:Received:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:Reply-To:Organization:X-Mailer:Face:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=xTDxmzx5OrpmusBv3BBi+yNk1B2jR174Mjn4TLAxsIl79PKE8qq1OQqckKhzCPE3ykWyGv6jYtbxFRWfnLk9B2DTmKF3VBykv/7m1GKwKMwjZXq8PsqN4ekOkYvTkhjL5KAJkZzMfIyDoIQMJQeaj4LOmo3UDzw39qMjEnGUCwg= ; Received: from c-67-189-183-172.hsd1.ny.comcast.net (gesbbb@67.189.183.172 with login) by smtp109.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com with SMTP; 02 Sep 2009 04:26:59 -0700 PDT X-Yahoo-SMTP: yeAAMgKswBATCul4lSbCWspvTA-- X-YMail-OSG: KG3L7AgVM1kbeTZcChqdUzeIhXlGIKD6Y00cFUVSEiK8e_DnkQ70Zmq6BjlsZWODGi8iskYsglGMqDjI2I3lCakiRiShEnb.Ai7BNICYSGUgnAf1Uw5ScezkV6tp2odUqYXEY2EFO4cHVrvA4bi6wMxzKlT0Axr4JqnGgVZQnFSL3A903z0yXoNJERnEBZb0WgYlgfmn8f9QxvgLjegU6SxepE73JKlcV0XNTDK2lI__3LcxI6RkIji.kzINVREi900LX905geuqRnPZ03yUyF_HyxQgAuo6gPb1RLtg85a0EbkgLLT0El1tic.JjIWyAprjByczgATMPQNaM0PIQoxVbnZrVUmigfBjQg-- X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (scorpio.seibercom.net [192.168.1.103]) (Authenticated sender: gesbbb@scorpio.seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 99D582282F for ; Wed, 2 Sep 2009 07:26:59 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 07:26:59 -0400 From: Jerry To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20090902072659.7829da56@scorpio.seibercom.net> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.2 (GTK+ 2.16.6; i386-portbld-freebsd7.2) Face: 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 X-Face: "\j?x](l|]4p?-1Bf@!wN<&p=$.}^k-HgL}cJKbQZ3r#Ar]\%U(#6}'?<3s7%(%(gxJxxcR Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: 'alias' + sudo X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:27:01 -0000 I have set up several 'alias' definitions in my .bashrc file. They are honored when run as either a regular user or as root. However, when I prefix a command with 'sudo', the alias is no longer honored. In other words, the actual command is run;however, any flags that I was passing to it via 'alias' are lost. How can I circumvent this annoyance. Example, I often use 'pico' from within 'xterm'. I set up an alias that causes pico to use the mouse; i.e., pico -m which works fine as long as I do not prefix the command with 'sudo' -- Jerry gesbbb@yahoo.com I just need enough to tide me over until I need more. Bill Hoest