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Re: Changing temporarily to root?



orthodox@xxxxxxxxxx wrote on Sun Jul 25, 2004 at 08:13:07PM -0400:
> I need to attach a file in /var/log to a message in mutt.  I need root
> privileges to do it.  Is there some way to enable mutt to temporarily get
The simpliest way is to write a makro with a "sudo 'cat /foo'" but for
this, you need to be in the /etc/sudoers file. Its even possible to
"get" root for a single command without a password ... "man sudo" is
your friend :)

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