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Re: sudo command with minibuffer password prompt

From: David Kastrup
Subject: Re: sudo command with minibuffer password prompt
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:44:14 +0100
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.90 (gnu/linux) 
Nordlöw <per.nordlow@gmail.com> writes:

> Is it possible to call
> sudo CMD
> from within Emacs and get the password prompt in the minibuffer like
> TRAMP does when we open a file with super user privs?

Something like

(with-temp-buffer
  (cd "/sudo::/")
  (shell-command "cat /etc/shadow"))

should work.

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David Kastrup
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