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Holly Bostick wrote: |
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>>I don't just give myself blanket permissions to sudo to all commands; I |
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>>made a Cmd_Alias group which includes a lot of utility apps. And, like |
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>>many of you, I included emerge in this group. |
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>Christoph Gysin schreef: |
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>>$ sudo bash -c "echo package ~x86 >> /etc/portage/package.keywords" |
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>>will run the redirection as root. |
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>>For stuff like this, I'd recommend you to write simple shell functions: |
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>>addkeyword(){ |
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>> sudo bash -c "echo $* >> /etc/portage/package.keywords" |
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>>} |
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>>Write them in your .bashrc and their avaible when you need it. |
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>>Use it like this: |
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>>$ addkeyword package ~x86 |
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>>Christoph |
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>Thank you, Christoph!!!! |
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>You have not only saved my sanity, but you've given me a solution to two |
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>problems you didn't even know I had (it was the next question)! i.e., |
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BTW Holly, |
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You should recognize that from a security standpoint allowing yourself |
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to execute bash is really giving yourself "blanket permissions to sudo |
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to all commands". You might as well make life easier on yourself and |
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just make your sudo settings "ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL". |
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My $.02. |
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-Richard |
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