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staticsafe wrote: |
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> On 4/6/2014 06:44, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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>> I have a problem where commands preceded by "sudo" are not always |
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>> auto-completed. This happens with executables that don't have user |
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>> execute permission. For example, net-analyzer/tcptraceroute installs |
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>> this binary: |
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>> -rws--x--- 1 root wheel 35536 Mar 8 23:32 /usr/sbin/tcptraceroute |
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>> Typing: |
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>> sudo tcptr[TAB] |
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>> does not auto-complete. Changing the permissions: |
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>> chmod a+x /usr/sbin/tcptraceroute |
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>> |
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>> makes it work. |
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>> Is there a way to make bash-completion work without having to modify the |
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>> permissions? |
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> According to https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=45613: |
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> adding `complete -cf sudo` to your .bashrc will make tab completion work |
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> with sudo. |
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> Just tested: |
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> dresden ~ # complete -cf sudo |
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> dresden ~ # sudo tcp |
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> tcpd tcpdchk tcpdmatch tcpdump tcptraceroute |
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> dresden ~ # ls -alh /usr/sbin/tcptraceroute |
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> -rws--x--- 1 root wheel 35K Apr 6 15:54 /usr/sbin/tcptraceroute |
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Cool. Thanks. |
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