Recommend to set as symlink rather than alias

[dougg0k]

Hey,

Perhaps the recommended way to prevent issues would be to set sudo-rs as symlink to sudo rather than as alias.

ln -s /usr/bin/sudo-rs ~/.local/bin/sudo
ln -s /usr/bin/sudoedit-rs ~/.local/bin/sudoedit
ln -s /usr/bin/visudo-rs ~/.local/bin/visudo
ln -s /usr/bin/su-rs ~/.local/bin/su

For that, ~/.local/bin would have to be set earlier than other paths, in the PATH var. Mostly likely as full path rather than ~/.

That would not replace the current sudo, but be prioritized over it.

❯ whereis sudo
sudo: /usr/bin/sudo /usr/lib/sudo /home/user/.local/bin/sudo /usr/share/man/man8/sudo.8.gz

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Edit:

ln -s /usr/bin/sudo-rs /usr/local/bin/sudo
ln -s /usr/bin/sudoedit-rs /usr/local/bin/sudoedit
ln -s /usr/bin/visudo-rs /usr/local/bin/visudo
ln -s /usr/bin/su-rs /usr/local/bin/su

[squell]

But wouldn't it be better still to make those symlinks in /usr/local/bin so they apply to all users (assuming /usr/local/bin is earlier in the path by default)?

We're open to suggestions for improvement.

[dougg0k]

Sure. Both are valid options.

[squell]

Related was #1196