From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 2 19:28:23 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 3CA24106566C for ; Wed, 2 Sep 2009 19:28:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gesbbb@yahoo.com) Received: from smtp102.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com (smtp102.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com [76.13.13.41]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BEFFE8FC13 for ; Wed, 2 Sep 2009 19:28:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 84951 invoked from network); 2 Sep 2009 19:28:21 -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:In-Reply-To:References:Reply-To:Organization:X-Mailer:Face:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=AFUiuBkFI9qrMGKmOLMU+QpqjAdx3NOLACtetvgVHdeCchRLD3JO5/xPHzUrYA2gFFX6/8k3zp+cCF2ptLVSlhlMftvn720c3DVfKXv4lcVVw1c6ElLiseCkGYsMRTRH1AnpSAEN3zXfyu4bgnKAHOaBbgAxPKVXKJk3ZbdgNuM= ; Received: from c-67-189-183-172.hsd1.ny.comcast.net (gesbbb@67.189.183.172 with login) by smtp102.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com with SMTP; 02 Sep 2009 12:28:21 -0700 PDT X-Yahoo-SMTP: yeAAMgKswBATCul4lSbCWspvTA-- X-YMail-OSG: HYAy0XEVM1kXFMMi30j4k.aKQmUv2Sq4OOSHas779u_Zf7d8psyNs3qPGnu8Dgg.fcEpobhrW7jYsmK_DXkYUI2F0dLSx4z0Z6IpA6xwa.9MKHgzinMnON20DurYoGc3000lu3h5apNHMRjD3XsxCEa0LfM3A3r1L7yirV9g5YgUwsXGEybhsdvpKQ7UGwFmpiW43.vEbyUxiwV0FYipItvVzMNOA6uOBsebZ9CjjpQsYsVGzXSWZYw4vYXwRcCJ3Yd_Aa.ow9HKCIHScerpB0vUTkUnvXOU19pWyF1ZkNTFtXUlbPp7UcW_p.Oa5btwdb7cpxM8Ew-- 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 5179F2282F for ; Wed, 2 Sep 2009 15:28:21 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 15:28:21 -0400 From: Jerry To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20090902152821.6baf568c@scorpio.seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: References: <20090902072659.7829da56@scorpio.seibercom.net> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.2 (GTK+ 2.16.6; i386-portbld-freebsd7.2) Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAAGFBMVEX+/v7++v6YOTrq8PCcuIX989UvOSj++v0BNCbpAAAAB3RJTUUHsQwfFzs7RBhzUQAAAhJJREFUOI1dU8GOqzAMNKIoV1bvwD1i0ysqrHplIdBrVSX7ATSbd03VVvn9tQNtQy0hjAdn7LED4AAcPtWm9RV+MPSfxhBLx9ajd6X/ngB6/mTwnRSZua7i7Ca+0ctZKo4Qmz+JY13X6I3nFZBxIYW1PbgfQ5RP8g0XlltEWGf3cV03joYpRnFbvYDKbXjZlXyyhEZA4lI+cN3NaVXE4VKjSwTExO10eTEkkJVqIAD5z0nUBQJluQDRSQjcrBiHAJxZlAH5CUMBMC7OcJ4LMQNnxhZ1HYPscMc6J4UlWRMNwzOpCcAHKSICd1EDn83abdREIbXsHkD1OinP1aCUCOEVRaa1lMcvywUWdYgk13JQUpYNKmvXQ8Kw5ML9YI5h8SakctBc7E/IYuLhYd/zZIk+1gM1vNweQBvHE0j+oYah3sMqAytQYlZk6+ANaaawJdu3OFzYGMZ3iGpa3qMlq9ZH0VZTgrCtw/ngdYkEIIpSbP1bWQAdFdX9vocBdkH2qVjVmuMu3gI5rjs814EUdrCZgWlPaxZZ3RiLFUtr+ud0PXwp2dnQSNXgePt6AZpBj6UMJ7VQkzN4utVeaSW1Dhn/kblGrKeMvNGnzwX4zuEDarYz1KdPtR60Gul0Gued+515SJXhCsl+Tx/3kY/UDvicPll9mfu50t3tvQ/thZpJYgeuwdSKNJ6tCD98MCgoxLDaPxbwqqwPWaWiAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC 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: Re: '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 19:28:23 -0000 On Wed, 2 Sep 2009 13:06:28 -0600 Tim Judd wrote: [snip] > Because sudo calls the binary, via SUID on sudo. It doesn't pay > attention to user profiles or rc files (like .bashrc). > > > I don't use sudo, so I can't recommend past that. In other words, sudo is not compatible with the bash 'alias' feature. Is that correct? I Googled and found several references to sudo and alias; however, no consensus on how to circumvent the problem. -- Jerry gesbbb@yahoo.com In response to President Obama's complaint that FOX News doesn't show enough Black and Hispanic people on their network, FOX has announced that they will now air "America's Most Wanted" TWICE a week.