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Cool - thanks very much!<BR>
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On Tue, 2005-03-15 at 00:49 -0800, Daniel Robitaille wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">> I prefer a working root account for when I run multiple commands or am</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> debugging problems, but am happy with sudo for scripts and single commands.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> I agree tab completion is great. When I remember (not always), I type the</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> command and command line first (so I can use some of bash's features) then</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> hit the home key to go to the start of the line and type in sudo. Not an</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> elegant solution but a workaround.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">sudo -s -H</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">You then get a full root prompt from "within" sudo (without the need</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">to activate the root account), and tab completion seems to work</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">properly.</FONT>
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Kind Regards Russell<BR>
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