I find sudo to be particularly ill informed at times. For example: Attempting to run a `for' loop
as user: for ii in 1 2 3;do echo $ii;done 1 2 3 as sudoer: sudo for ii in 1 2 3;do echo $ii;done bash: syntax error near unexpected token `do' It doesn't know about bash builtins. Adding the -E flag (preserve environment) doe not help at all. sudo -E for ii in 1 2 3;do echo $ii;done bash: syntax error near unexpected token `do' A couple of settings in /etc/sudoers that may have some effect seem to be set to sensible defaults: from /etc/sudoers: Defaults env_reset Defaults secure_path="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin" ------- --------- ---=--- --------- -------- What can I do to avoid this kind of silliness? What kind of environment variable would even tell sudo about bash builtins? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87k489t4ts....@newsguy.com
