enabling aliases for sudo [Solved]

anonymous_user · 2009-12-27 23:12:26

How I can use sudo with my aliases? For example I have an alias ka='killall -9' but when I run it with sudo, "ka" is not recognized as a command.

Last edited by anonymous_user (2009-12-28 19:19:47)

Misfit138 · 2009-12-27 23:29:53

Export your aliases globally, or put them in /etc/profile, or in both root and non-root's .bashrc....

anonymous_user · 2009-12-27 23:53:01

Misfit138 wrote:

Export your aliases globally

How do I do that?

Misfit138 wrote:

or in both root and non-root's .bashrc....

I already did that.

M177ER · 2009-12-28 00:50:25

You could also try:

alias ka='sudo killall -9'

anonymous_user · 2009-12-28 00:58:11

I don't need to sudo the command every time though.

Oh well, if there no solution I will just create a separate alias.

skottish · 2009-12-28 01:04:25

This may be a silly question, but have you either sourced the changed files or logged out and in since you made the changes?

chpln · 2009-12-28 01:25:55

You could create a function to handle the privilege requirements for you. Perhaps something like:

justkill () {
    pusers=$(ps -eo "%u%c" | grep -e " $1\$" | cut -d\  -f1)
    altuser=$(echo "$pusers" | grep -v "$USER")
    if [ ! -n "$pusers" ]; then
        echo "$1: no process found"
        exit 1
    fi
    if [ -n "$altuser" -a "$UID" -ne 0 ]; then
        sudo killall -9 "$1"
    else
        killall -9 "$1"
    fi
}

alias ka='justkill'

Last edited by chpln (2009-12-28 05:44:10)

kazuo · 2009-12-28 01:26:09

set the follow alias (works on zsh, I think that works in bash too)

alias sudo='sudo '

And you can use you alias with sudo

Last edited by kazuo (2009-12-28 01:26:28)

JohannesSM64 · 2009-12-28 05:38:17

But why does that solve it?

mikesd · 2009-12-28 05:46:26

kazuo wrote:

... I think that works in bash too

Confirmed on BASH 4.0. Works fine.

chpln · 2009-12-28 05:51:30

JohannesSM64 wrote:

But why does that solve it?

Bash Info Manual - 6.6 Aliases wrote:

If the last character of the alias value is a space or tab character, then the next command word following the alias is also checked for alias expansion.

The fact that I come across nuances like this so regularly make me think it might be worth-while to sit and read the entire manual.

Clever solution, kazuo.

Last edited by chpln (2009-12-28 05:55:01)

anonymous_user · 2009-12-28 19:19:34

Thank you kazuo.

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enabling aliases for sudo [Solved]

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