From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#11194: 24.0.95; sudo rm doesn't work with absolute directory paths on the file system Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2012 22:20:50 -0400 Message-ID: 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 1333938076 10078 80.91.229.3 (9 Apr 2012 02:21:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 02:21:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Cray Elliott , 11194@debbugs.gnu.org To: Michael Albinus Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 09 04:21:14 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 1SH4EE-0000Ng-L2 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 09 Apr 2012 04:21:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60393 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SH4ED-0002Sq-MH for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 08 Apr 2012 22:21:13 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:56656) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SH4EB-0002Sl-0o for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Apr 2012 22:21:12 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SH4E9-0002sL-8c for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Apr 2012 22:21:10 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:49313) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SH4E9-0002sD-57 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Apr 2012 22:21:09 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SH4Ez-0007fV-Jf for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Apr 2012 22:22:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2012 02:22:01 +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=B11194.133393810729452 (code B ref 11194); Mon, 09 Apr 2012 02:22:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 11194) by debbugs.gnu.org; 9 Apr 2012 02:21:47 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45851 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SH4Ek-0007ez-PQ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 08 Apr 2012 22:21:46 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.183]:25253) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SH4Ei-0007er-Om for 11194@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 08 Apr 2012 22:21:45 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AicFAKU/KE/O+KRD/2dsb2JhbACBX5x7eYhwnhmDNIJlBJsZhAk X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.73,1,1325480400"; d="scan'208";a="172797343" Original-Received: from 206-248-164-67.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO fmsmemgm.homelinux.net) ([206.248.164.67]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 08 Apr 2012 22:20:50 -0400 Original-Received: by fmsmemgm.homelinux.net (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 5FF15AE203; Sun, 8 Apr 2012 22:20:50 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87obr2cwtu.fsf@gmx.de> (Michael Albinus's message of "Sun, 08 Apr 2012 13:00:29 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.94 (gnu/linux) 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:58611 Archived-At: >> 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. Stefan