Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 08:50:11 -0700 From: George Davidovich <freebsd@optimis.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 'alias' + sudo Message-ID: <20090904155011.GA13136@marvin.optimis.net> In-Reply-To: <20090903201036.36486533@scorpio.seibercom.net> References: <20090902072659.7829da56@scorpio.seibercom.net> <200909040134.05992.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> <20090903201036.36486533@scorpio.seibercom.net>
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On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 08:10:36PM -0400, Jerry wrote: > On Fri, 4 Sep 2009 01:34:05 +0200 Mel Flynn wrote: > > > alias spico='/usr/local/bin/sudo pico -m' and be done with it. Instead of an extra alias, why not export $VISUAL or $EDITOR, and rely on sudoedit(8)? > That is what I am currently doing; however,there are other commands > that I want to use that are not available when used via sudo without > modifying the alias. I did not realize that sudo had such a > limitation. It's not a "limitation". It's a feature. ;-) Re-read the sudo manpage. I'd be surprised if most of your aliases would ever require root privileges, and are anything but one-off shortcuts for your personal use. For those that do, I'd suggest replacing them with a function (or script) that tests for root privileges (using something like id(1)), and invokes sudo when appropriate. Otherwise, you may want to consider using 'su -m'. That will your current environment unmodified and all your existing aliases will remain available for use. -- George
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