Re: sudo with my aliases

sam.s.kong@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Hi Michael,

Michael Heiming wrote:
In comp.os.linux.misc sam.s.kong@xxxxxxxxx:
Hello,
sudo command doesn't understand the alias I defined.
How can I make "sudo" work with the aliases I defined for my account?
Presuming standard setup, put in your script near top:

# Source user environment
. /home/${SUDO_USER}/.bashrc

I think I've already set it up like you said.
The thing is that I'm using a mac (Tiger).

/Users/sam/.bash_login has the alias definitions.
But the aliases don't work with sudo.
Are you sure that it works?

..bash_login is only used during login. Try .bashrc
.

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