Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 15:06:48 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 'alias' + sudo Message-ID: <20090902200648.GF2855@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <20090902152821.6baf568c@scorpio.seibercom.net> References: <20090902072659.7829da56@scorpio.seibercom.net> <ade45ae90909021206u43135147u1f9431c10a043dda@mail.gmail.com> <20090902152821.6baf568c@scorpio.seibercom.net>
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In the last episode (Sep 02), Jerry said: > On Wed, 2 Sep 2009 13:06:28 -0600 > Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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. sudo does not run root's shell at all; it directly runs whatever is given it on the commandline. Workarounds include creating an alias that includes sudo in it (alias rootpicom='sudo pico -m'), or creating a shell script that runs what your alias would have, so you can run "sudo picom": /usr/local/bin/picom #! /bin/sh pico -m "$@" -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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