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How to avoid nesting root shells? (POSIX)
Consider the following Bash alias, just something that came to mind quickly, and I did not have time to dig further:
alias su='sudo -s'
Note, that I am running Bash, though I would like the solution ...
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How to call many shell functions from sudo?
I have a huge alias file sourced by ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc which contains both simple aliases and more functions for more complex stuff:
# example aliases
alias "sudo=sudo "
alias "...
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!!: command not found
Recently, I was getting a bit frustrated about not running commands as admin, and started using sudo !! a lot. I decided that, for ease of use, I'd create an alias ffs for that exact line. I added the ...
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How do I source a new .bashrc in an alias that switches my shell?
I have an alias I use to run sudo -s called ssu. I want it to also source my root session from the .profile in my home directory.
Other answers seem to say that this is the solution:
alias ssu='sudo -...
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Expand (certain) aliases from within sudo bash function
There are two things I want: 1) I want that if I keep using sudo often that it never asks me for my password by updating my cached credentials every time I type sudo, 2) That I can use (certain) ...
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sudo misinterpreting aliases
In my ~/.bashrc I have the alias link='ln -sf' set, and it's working accordingly during my shell sessions.
However, for root protected locations, where I need to use sudo in the command beginning, it ...
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How to run a previous command (that uses an alias) with sudo, both in command line and with an alias
(Note: This is not a duplicate question.)
On the command line, you can simply use sudo !! to run the previous command with sudo. However, how would this be done if the previous command uses an alias?
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Having sudo and non-sudo parts in an alias - why does it not work with >>?
I was trying to use an alias which should run two commands, where the first is fine to be run with normal user privileges and the second one needs sudo privileges.
alias hosts-get="scp [email protected]:...
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alias the find function and use it with sudo [duplicate]
I'm having trouble creating an alias so I can run find in "silent mode" (without all the Permission denied messages). my bash skills are pretty bad so I'm not sure how to fix this
here's my alias in ~...
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allow user access to syslog
I'm running an embedded Linux (Dreadnaught), and I'd like to be able to manually enter a line into the syslog as the user login, and have the result of other commands stored in the syslog. e.g.:
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Insert alias in sudoers file
I have created an alias for myuser that is
alias up='sudo apt update && sudo apt -y upgrade && sudo apt -y autoremove'
It is stored in the user's .bashrc file.
I have tried to modify ...
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Properly defined alias or function instead of `sudo nemo .`
OS: Linux Mint 18.x Cinnamon 64-bit
Say, I would like to run nemo, the default file manager in Cinnamon, with normal sudo, and in current working directory:
sudo nemo .
Problems:
It shows ...
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Executing Alias Command as Another User Fails
Not sure what I'm doing wrong here.
User2 sources a file in it's .bash_profile to set environment specific aliases.
# .bash_profile
source $HOME/set_environment_shortcuts
Inside $HOME/...
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Alias that runs a command using sudo
Im always running a particular app as root because it requires more privileges.
I usually just sudo it.
I want to make an alias that is something similar to:
alias myCmd='sudo nohup /path/to/binary &...
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Load aliases from .bashrc file while using sudo
I have set aliases for a few programs in the .bashrc file, and they work fine without sudo and they don't with sudo.
Is there a way to get those aliases work with sudo?
For example:
nano text.txt #...
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Why root bash output is colored but `sudo ls` output is not?
In bash (I am using Ubuntu 12.04) I get colored outputs either as root (after sudo su) or as a normal user.
I checked (after reading this post) the files .bashrc for normal user and superuser and ...
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Use alias after issuing sudo su command
I am on AIX 7.1.
I have a bunch of aliases defined in my personal .profile.
alias df='df -k'
alias cl=clear
alias h=history
alias ll='ls -al'
alias lt='ls -latr'
alias ls='ls -Fa'
alias psj='ps -ef |...
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Run command with sudo by default
I need a linux user (lets call him "bob") who is allowed to run a list of commands which require root privileges. So let him be required to run /sbin/firstcommand and /sbin/secondcommand (which are ...
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Why does sudo ignore aliases?
I am running Ubuntu 10.04 and I use upstart for daemon management. My enterprise application is run as a daemon and must be run as root because of various privileges. E.g.:
sudo start my-...
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Getting sudo to work for an alias
I installed Sublime Text 3 in Fedora 20 which has got GNOME, as I couldn't get it being called from terminal I created a .bash_aliases file which a line like this:
alias sublime='sublime_text'
And ...
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How can I `alias sudo !!`?
I'm trying to set an alias for sudo !! in Bash. I tried alias sbb='sudo !!', but it interprets that as a literal !! and prints
sudo: !!: command not found
If I use double quotes, it substitutes ...
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How to enable `sudo` with custom functions?
Recently I learned you can enable sudo for custom aliases as follows:
alias sudo='sudo ' # note: the space is required!
The reason this works is the following:
If the last character of the alias ...
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