On 24/10/13 23:19, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Hi Scott, > > On Thu, 2013-10-24 at 23:04 +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote:
<snipped> > >> "su -c" isn't too difficult for many, and if the extra keystrokes are a >> problem:- >> $ echo "alias s='su -c"'" >> ~/.bash_aliases;. .bash rc should have been:- $ echo "alias s='su -c"'" >> ~/.bash_aliases;. .bashrc (.bashrc is the filename, sourcing it makes the alias immediately active) NOTE: the alias puts the first " into the command, all you need to do is provide it later, bash will wait until you do. It's good like that. >> then you can use "s" instead of "sudo" (or alias sudo='su -c"') if you >> don't have sudo installed. > > su -c becomes inconvenient if an option of a command needs quotation > marks, the alias isn't helpful then. > > su -c "command --option "that needs quotation marks"" > > Sure, it's not hard to correct this line, so that it will work, but it's > not that handy as > > sudo command --option "that needs quotation marks" > > OTHO regarding to the amount of keystrokes > > su - > command_1 > command_n If I want to run multiple commands I'd usually become root. su -c is for single commands. e.g.:- scott@vbserver:~$ grep light .bash_aliases alias light='su -c "service bluetooth stop;service apache2 stop;service haveged stop;service openvpn stop;service pppd-dns stop;service synce-hal-bluetooth stop;service unattended-upgrades stop;service vboxautostart-service stop;service vboxballoonctrl-service stop;service vboxdrv stop;service vboxweb-service stop;service virtualbox stop;service x2goserver stop;service --status-all"' > > is more pleasant than > > sudo -i > command_1 > command_n I believe you are making life harder than it has to be :) But, whatever fills your pipe ;) scott@vbserver:~$ grep "alias s=" .bash_aliases alias s='su -c "' scott@vbserver:~$ s apt-get install mc > " <- insert closing " Password: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Suggested packages: arj dbview odt2txt gv catdvi djvulibre-bin python-boto python-tz The following NEW packages will be installed: mc 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 472 kB of archives. After this operation, 1,349 kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/debian/ wheezy/main mc i386 3:4.8.3-10 [472 kB] Fetched 472 kB in 0s (2,107 kB/s) 2 keystrokes my method How many with your method? :) > >> The price of convenience is often security. > > There was a discussion about su vs sudo a while ago. Yes. I still read it occasionally when I have trouble sleeping, or need to remind myself that security is non-intuitive ;p > > Regards, > Ralf > > -- 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/526918e1.6050...@gmail.com
