In my .bashrc (or .aliases) for root, I have aliases and functions defined (instead of creating scripts). I am trying to figure out how my regular user account can access such an alias command as if I was logged into root. I want to use sudo so that the password prompt is only asked the first time. Trying: sudo "banned 11.22.33.44" returns saying that 'banned' is not a known command. Although it is actually an alias for an ipchains rule. I tried: sudo sh -c "banned 11.22.33.44" and such variations, but still the same problem. Effectively I would like the sudo command to act like the '-' in "su -" when su'ing to root (and loads up the aliases). Any ideas how to do this ? Thanks... Dan.
