On Sat, Dec 23, 2000 at 03:08:10AM -0600, christopher j bottaro wrote:
> i'm logged in as a normal user most of the time on my linux machine, but i
> download and install a lot of stuff too. this requires me to switch back and
> forth between superuser and my normal login. my friend told me that at his
> work, they have a das (do a superuser) alias on their play linux boxes. he
> says it works like this...
> das mv blah /usr/local
> 1) changes to su
> 2) executes "mv blah /usr/local" as su
> 3) exits from su
Look into sudo. It's either on the install disks or on the
powertools disks, but it does exactly what you want.
> can some show me how to write such an alias (or even shell script?)? thanks
> a bunch.
It's not an alias. It's a program which effectively does a
controlled su based on your userid and password to perform certain commands.
Mike
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