On 5/21/07, Tassilo Horn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Martin Bähr > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > writes: > > Hi Martin, > > > On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 08:51:49AM +0200, Tassilo Horn wrote: > >> I've converted some of my little admin scripts to fish functions > >> residing in /root/.config/fish/functions/. Some days ago I discovered > >> how convenient the `sudo' [1] utility program is. But unfortunately > >> it seems to be unable to find and execute root's fish functions. > > > > could it be that sudo does not execute fish to find the command? > > I've thought that, too, but this also fails: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/u/r/st-ss07> sudo fish -c do-update > Password: > fish: Unknown command "do-update" > Standard input: do-update > ^
sudo does not use any terminal to expand it's parameters, so a plain 'sudo ll' does not seem to work. This is true for both fish and bash. The following works, though: sudo fish -c ll The reason why the same thing doesn't work with your own functions seems to be an init path issue - sudo does not clear the $HOME variable of the calling process, and because of this, fish looks into e.g. /home/tassilo/.configure/fish/functions instead of the equivalent directory in /root. I don't know what the reasoning behind not setting $HOME in sudo is and if it serves any higher purpose, but there are various reasons for relying on $HOME to determine the location of ~ instead of using info from /etc/passwd having to do with wanting to install software as another user and such. It should be noted that su does change $HOME. I don't know how to best resolve this. Perhaps it is a sudo bug? Suggestions are welcome. Axel > Bye, > Tassilo > -- > On his birthday, Chuck Norris randomly selects one lucky child to be > thrown into the sun. -- Axel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Fish-users mailing list Fish-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fish-users
