In the last episode (Sep 02), Jerry said:
> On Wed, 2 Sep 2009 13:06:28 -0600
> Tim Judd <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Because sudo calls the binary, via SUID on sudo. It doesn't pay
> > attention to user profiles or rc files (like .bashrc).
> >
> > I don't use sudo, so I can't recommend past that.
>
> In other words, sudo is not compatible with the bash 'alias' feature. Is
> that correct? I Googled and found several references to sudo and alias;
> however, no consensus on how to circumvent the problem.
sudo does not run root's shell at all; it directly runs whatever is given it
on the commandline. Workarounds include creating an alias that includes
sudo in it (alias rootpicom='sudo pico -m'), or creating a shell script that
runs what your alias would have, so you can run "sudo picom":
/usr/local/bin/picom
#! /bin/sh
pico -m "$@"
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Dan Nelson
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