WaffelsonWhen you realized you forgot sudo
BjörnIs there an editor that can request root privileges without restarting it? That would be quite useful.
djangoSure, you can do this in emacs: …github.io/2017-04-20-Save-write-protected-files-…
chtk(n)vim + suda.vim.
In vim, in normal mode you can do:
:w !sudo tee %
Apparently that doesn’t work in NeoVim, so recently I installed the suda plugin.
Personally, I just doas nvim and then the file name that needs root access, but it’s a handy plugin in case I forget.
??? I used this in neovim twice today
:w !sudo tee % then reload when it asks.
i use micro
YodaDaCodakate does this in KDE, but it’s not cli.
Eager Eaglemicro ftw, no need to even memorize a command, it’ll just ask if you want to use sudo
hex_m_hellYeah, in emacs you use
tramp to open the file with /sudo:
fuck() {
sudo $(fc -ln -1)
}
This function takes the last command and puts sudo in front of it. Actually used it in a zoom call at work without thinking and it took a second to realize why everyone was laughing. Not my invention–came across it years ago on stackoverflow or someplace and thought it was funny/useful.
kmirl@tux:~$ ls /root ls: cannot open directory '/root': Permission denied kmirl@tux:~$ fuck [sudo] password for kmirl: bin debs docs MailIsn’t this the same effect as just running ‘sudo !!’ ?
no because it takes the previous command and adds sudo to it right?
!! is a shortcut for whatever the last command was is it not?
According to this super user question, someone said that
!! won’t work in a function, so you must use the fc -ln -1 command in a subshell instead. Note the response that says eval shouldn’t be used (not sure why)
Yeah but instead of a function you just make it an alias.
Oh good point, I didn’t think about that
Eval shouldn’t be used on userinput. Meaning that if smb other than you may use this to change the system he could put malicious code in the eval part.
Probably doesn’t matter on shell level
Considering the function name, here’s an obligatory thefuck plug
Rustmilianalias fuck='sudo $(fc -ln -1)'
StarDreamer:w !sudo tee %
Warning: does not work for neovim
Neovim, the one true vim, why hast thou forsaken me.
Iirc the specific reason behind this is
- sudo by default requires a tty to run
- vim’s bang spawns a tty to execute commands
- nvim’s bang executes the command directly, then pipes the output to nvim
As a result, sudo (without args) can’t work in nvim as it doesn’t have a tty to prompt the user for passwords. Nvim also used to do what vim did, but they found out spawning the tty was causing other issues (still present in vim) so they changed it.
There must be more to this. I just launched a terminal and created a file to test with nvim on arch and it works perfectly fine.
Take a file, sudo chown root:root filename, sudo chmod 700 filename, edit with nvim and save with :w !sudo tee % then reload. Works fine.
I’m on arch with suckless st.
I didn’t do any editing since it’s just to prove a point, but I think it does fine.
Using nvim to write read-only files with tee
:w ! Sudo tee %
Kwrite/Kate asks you for password. Seriously, why can’t they all just use pkexec or some abstraction of it?
Sadly, i currently borked all Qt apps on my Gtk setup.
caseyweedermanSo does Micro. Nano… Nano does not.
Eh, on console i can just do
ssu nano <file>. Graphical editors are in question.
👍Maximum Derek👍I’ve used bash as my shell for so long my fingers type
sudo !! without me having a conscious thought about it.
Lazy vim way I do it:
ggVG"wY:q! followed by sudo !! then VG"wp:x
Grab entire file and stuff it in register W
Exit file
Reopen sudo
Select all and replace with register W them write
Now I understand how the Adeptus Mechanicus feel when they perform a ritual power-on.
It’s funny how years of use make that so intuitive but spelled out it’s a garbled mess
Lazier way:
:w !sudo tee %
Yeah learning about tee from this thread honestly.
It’s been interesting realizing I had such a useful tool at my disposal but never knew
RoyaltyInTrainingOne of the many reasons why I use micro
C-x C-f /sudo::/path/to/file
I love Emacs. Thanks for teaching me someyhing today
ѕєχυαℓ ρσℓутσρєUse suda.vim for automatically dealing with such cases. Works with neovim as well.
I’ll also recommend adding the following to your init.lua or some config file because suda doesn’t play nicely with nvim -d or vimdiff.
If you forget sudo try: “sudo !!”
HoimoI am here for one reason and one reason alone: source anime is Watamote, episode 12 @18:36
Tomoko tries to approach a girl, but the wind confuses her and she runs away in embarrassment, even though the girl was really friendly and would have liked to talk to her.
In the meme, this scene is used to parallel the feeling of an external system blocking an operation that both participants would agree to.
A similar feeling could be memed with the “myth of consensual sex” format.
Pantherinasudoedit is more secure btw. Many editors are not built to be ran as root, and this copies the file to a temo directory, edits it without root, and then overwrites the original file on save with root.