GNU bug report logs - #1340
M-x shell-command sudo

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: David Reitter <david.reitter <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:10:04 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: David Reitter <david.reitter <at> gmail.com>
To: emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Subject: M-x shell-command sudo
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:02:25 -0500

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M-x shell-command RET sudo touch /test RET

will show sudo's password prompt in the echo area which looks like a  
minibuffer prompt.

I think that the password prompt might be taken just as output, and  
the process is considered as terminated (and perhaps it does, given  
that it is not run in an interactive shell).

So I think shell-command behaves correctly, but it doesn't do what I  
intended as a user.  Perhaps some sort of "sudo-shell-command" would  
be useful for a situation like mine, or a command that will execute  
the following Emacs command as super-user.


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Severity set to `wishlist' from `normal' Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com. (Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:15:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: David Reitter <david.reitter <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 1340 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#1340: M-x shell-command sudo
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 09:08:30 +0200

David Reitter <david.reitter <at> gmail.com> writes:

> M-x shell-command RET sudo touch /test RET
>
> will show sudo's password prompt in the echo area which looks like a
> minibuffer prompt.

I'm unable to reproduce this bug in Emacs 27.  Instead I just get:

---
sudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified
---

So I'm guessing this is no longer relevant after ten years, and I'm
closing this bug report.  If this is still an issue, please reopen.

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bug closed, send any further explanations to 1340 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and David Reitter <david.reitter <at> gmail.com> Request was from Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Mon, 30 Sep 2019 07:09:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Mon, 28 Oct 2019 11:24:10 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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