[SOVLED] How to pacman -Syu as a normal user?

willxtreme · 2010-01-10 15:53:36

Hello,

I'd like to run pacman -Syu as a normal user with a single command instead of having to change to root and then run the command

Last edited by willxtreme (2010-01-10 16:19:10)

kalpik · 2010-01-10 15:55:51

Use sudo?

Coacher · 2010-01-10 15:58:27

And bash's alias.

Last edited by Coacher (2010-01-10 15:58:55)

willxtreme · 2010-01-10 15:58:37

[root@sasoria will]# mousepad /etc/sudoers
And at the bottom I add
will sasoria=NOPASSWD: ...
and I don't know the rest yet

bharani · 2010-01-10 15:59:26

alias pacup="sudo pacman -Syu"
Put this in your .bashrc

Also you can edit your sudoers file so as to run this without giving password.

Then you can run updates easily as

 pacup

.

willxtreme · 2010-01-10 16:02:02

Allright so in 2 steps
1)
[root@sasoria will]# mousepad /etc/sudoers
And at the bottom I add
will sasoria=NOPASSWD: /bin/bash ?
and
2) alias pacup="sudo pacman -Syu"added in .bashrc

Blue Peppers · 2010-01-10 16:10:47

sasoria=NOPASSWD: /bin/bash will run allow you to run your whole shell as root, wich has no advantage as far as I can see.

You can do

sasoria=NOPASSWD: /bin/pacman

That will let you execute pacman, with any option, as root, with out the pasword. I don't personaly know if the sudoers file lets you specify certain options for programs that can be executed without the pasword, but I think not. Feel free to correct me though

ssjlegendx · 2010-01-10 16:13:50

I would suggest that you install and configure sudo for use by your user (see the wiki) and then add something like the following to your shell config (~/.bashrc, ~/.zshrc, or the like):

alias pacup='sudo pacman -Syu'

You can add the follwing to /etc/sudoers if you want to do this without entering a password (assuming pacman is installed in the standard location):

will sasoria=NOPASSWD:/usr/bin/pacman

NOTE: You should never edit /etc/sudoers without using visudo (try EDITOR=mousepad visudo); it will ensure that you don't screw up the sudoers file with incorrect syntax.

willxtreme · 2010-01-10 16:18:52

Thank you very much for your fast replies the problem is now Solved!

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[SOVLED] How to pacman -Syu as a normal user?

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