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One thing that may not be clear is that I am talking about matching the
exact command line so "sudo ifconfig eth0" would be different than
"ifconfig eth1".  There are several commands that I repeatedly run using
sudo, so if the shell supported remembering them, the next time I ran
them it is ok to assume I meant to use sudo even if I didn't explicitly
specify it.  Just to be clear, this is workstation/desktop func, not
server stuff.

> Consider the "unlink" command. This will fail if a non-privileged user 
> tries to remove a non-empty directory. If root gives the same command, 
> it is likely to succeed. What I've read on the subject suggests this 
> can seriously damage a file system.
> 
> What should the shell do when you try to unlink a non-empty directory?

The normal thing: complain.  ;-)  If I had previously saved "sudo rm
-rf /tmp/*" then the next time (as a user) that I ran "rm -rf /tmp/*" it
would use sudo automatically.  This in no way implies that there is no
need for a passwd prompt, that is left up to /etc/sudoers.

Thanks,

-Jim P.





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