MacPorts shell mode

William H. Magill magill at mac.com
Thu Oct 19 17:06:27 UTC 2017


This is the normal operation of the SUDO command.  Read the man page for sudo — man sudo.

Sudo has many configurable parameters which control its operation.



> On Thu, 19 Oct 2017, pagani laurent via macports-users wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> Reading the mails on this list, I discovered the Shell mode option (sudo port without argument) which would allow in principle to launch several commands without repeating sudo port each time (and typing the passwd). But once in that mode, I typed selfupdate and was exited from the the mode after completion! Could not run upgrade outdated in the wake? In that case, what?s the use of such a shell mode ?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Laurent
>> 
>> "S'il n'y a pas de solution, c'est qu'il n'y a pas de probl?me" (devise Shadok)
>> 
>> 
> 
> XB

William H. Magill                                                            

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