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24.0.95; sudo rm doesn't work with absolute directory paths on the file system

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Message #34 received at 11194 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: Cray Elliott <mp2e <at> archlinux.us>, 11194 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11194: 24.0.95;
	sudo rm doesn't work with absolute directory paths on the file system
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:14:28 +0200

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA> writes:

> "sudo . .eshell/history" means "execute the commands in .eshell/history
> as user `root'".  I.e. it's very different from
> ". /sudo::.eshell/history" which runs those command as the current user.

I haven't said there's only one way to do it :-) I mean we should think
about, before we disable builtins in sudo. I'm still not convinced it is
a bug. In eshell, one must understand how file names are handled.

And, btw, people who don't like the current behaviour are free to add

alias sudo *sudo $*

to ~/.eshell/alias.

>         Stefan

Best regards, Michael.

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