From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sven Joachim Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: SU commands from Emacs Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 22:37:40 +0200 Message-ID: <87wsvthp7v.fsf@gmx.de> References: <878x8ahxho.fsf@W0053328.mgh.harvard.edu> <87ir7dhpw6.fsf@W0053328.mgh.harvard.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1187383438 13510 80.91.229.12 (17 Aug 2007 20:43:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 20:43:58 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 17 22:43:54 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IM8fh-0007Lw-Ma for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 17 Aug 2007 22:43:53 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IM8fh-0004sn-6w for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:43:53 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.gamma.ru!Gamma.RU!news.mi.ras.ru!goblin1!goblin.stu.neva.ru!uio.no!quimby.gnus.org!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 16 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: p54863bbc.dip.t-dialin.net Original-X-Trace: quimby.gnus.org 1187382877 11210 84.134.59.188 (17 Aug 2007 20:34:37 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@quimby.gnus.org Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 20:34:37 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:U/ekza/biGEQxO++h/Q5KLGqr5k= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:151095 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:46668 Archived-At: jadamson@partners.org (Joel J. Adamson) writes: > Then I'm not seeing the normal behavior. The "Password:" prompt > appears in the minibuffer, I type and I get an error (no dots). Actually, it's not the minibuffer, but rather the echo area, I suspect. Since shell-command does not read input, you cannot enter the password. :-( > Perhaps I need to configure sudo? You can type 'sudo -v' in a terminal and use sudo in shell-command as long as the ticket is valid. That is what I do. Regards, Sven