computer/properties

[James Freer]

On Mon, 9 Jun 2014, Tom H wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 3:51 AM, James Freer <jessejazza3.uk at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I think it is more to do with the typing sudo in front of the command...
>> compared with being root and carrying out a number of commands. I now have a
>> load of aliases in my .bash_aliases file and almost never use sudo directly.
>> e.g. 12 aliases for apt-get alone. That brief 30 mins setting up the file
>> was time well spent.
>
> I assume that these aliases are in root's ".bash_aliases" (otherwise
> you cannot use them to install anything).

As I understand it (not being an IT guy) - .bash_aliases is in the file system 
but one doesn't need to go into root to add/edit aliases. The .bashrc file 
refers to it by default... avoiding editing .bashrc is sensible. Also sensible 
to have aliases all in one place. I have my apt-get ones there as well as loads 
for imagemagick which I use for bulk photo 'processing' e.g. resizing, 
watermarking.

> You don't need to enable root to use these aliases; you just need to
> switch to root with "sudo -i".

No need to use root at all from what I can gather on xubuntu 13.10 (just about 
to upgrade). As already mentioned above.

james