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 _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"