From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Michael Albinus Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#11194: 24.0.95; sudo rm doesn't work with absolute directory paths on the file system Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:08:15 +0200 Message-ID: <87ehrwdbhs.fsf@gmx.de> References: <877gxrbz1p.fsf@rbdash.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> <87obr2cwtu.fsf@gmx.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1333994966 17530 80.91.229.3 (9 Apr 2012 18:09:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 18:09:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Cray Elliott , 11194@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 09 20:09:25 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SHJ1n-00043M-8f for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:09:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58226 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SHJ1m-0008SS-I6 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:09:22 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:60677) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SHJ1f-0008Rq-5f for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:09:20 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SHJ1W-0007mN-HB for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:09:14 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:50651) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SHJ1W-0007lX-EU for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:09:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SHJ2Q-00071D-EF for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:10:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Michael Albinus Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:10:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 11194 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 11194-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B11194.133399496226913 (code B ref 11194); Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:10:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 11194) by debbugs.gnu.org; 9 Apr 2012 18:09:22 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47183 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SHJ1k-000701-Qq for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:09:21 -0400 Original-Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([213.165.64.22]:38640) by debbugs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SHJ1h-0006zo-9B for 11194@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:09:19 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 09 Apr 2012 18:08:19 -0000 Original-Received: from p57BB97FB.dip0.t-ipconnect.de (EHLO detlef.gmx.de) [87.187.151.251] by mail.gmx.net (mp028) with SMTP; 09 Apr 2012 20:08:19 +0200 X-Authenticated: #3708877 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18cG7kvzqwcB26BpbapYhuzE0rqaUMzsjQ70im2B/ jaFEWhlB4HPJKb In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Sun, 08 Apr 2012 22:20:50 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.94 (gnu/linux) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:58655 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: >>> For example, if you went to eshell and typed 'sudo rm -rf >>> /opt/folder' it would complain about permissions being needed and >>> wouldn't query for password. Bug doesn't exist with relative paths. >>> Bug does exist with wildcards. >> If you want to use absolute paths in eshell, you should apply >> rm -rf /sudo::/opt/folder > > While using Tramp might make sense, I think that "sudo rm -rf /foo/bar" > is a perfectly valid command and wonder why it wouldn't work correctly. In eshell, `sudo' is an built-in for `eshell/sudo': ~ $ which sudo eshell/sudo is a compiled Lisp function in `em-unix.el' In order to call the native sudo, one must apply *sudo rm -rf /opt/folder See also (info "(eshell)Built-ins") > Stefan Best regards, Michael.