X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=scripts%2Fcore%2Ffunctions.sh;h=baf8a1eab4f48d178ac86fd1f024968a9cbee592;hb=90d5ddd79a107325bb0d7b566ec61c9f93cdd19c;hp=7b72855c47cfe7aa04e041c082d66bcab77f1dec;hpb=aaebc44a16ce6b28dc18f2a5329f4b1e3de340c7;p=feisty_meow.git

diff --git a/scripts/core/functions.sh b/scripts/core/functions.sh
index 7b72855c..baf8a1ea 100644
--- a/scripts/core/functions.sh
+++ b/scripts/core/functions.sh
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ if [ -z "$skip_all" ]; then
 #    local oldterm="$TERM"
 #    export TERM=linux
 
-    /usr/bin/ssh -X -C "${args[@]}"
+    /usr/bin/ssh -Y -C "${args[@]}"
 
 #    # restore the terminal variable also.
 #    TERM="$oldterm"
@@ -355,22 +355,6 @@ if [ -z "$skip_all" ]; then
     done
   }
   
-#hmmm: not really doing anything yet; ubuntu seems to have changed from pulseaudio in 17.04?
-  # restarts the sound driver.
-  function fix_sound_driver() {
-    # stop bash complaining about blank function body.
-    local nothing=
-#if alsa something
-#    sudo service alsasound restart
-#elif pulse something
-#    sudo pulseaudio -k
-#    sudo pulseaudio -D
-#else
-#    something else...?
-#fi
-
-  }
-
   function screen() {
     save_terminal_title
 #hmmm: ugly absolute path here.
@@ -422,31 +406,6 @@ if [ -z "$skip_all" ]; then
     fi
   }
   
-#bork  # su function: makes su perform a login.
-#bork  # for some OSes, this transfers the X authority information to the new login.
-#bork  function su() {
-#bork    if debian_like; then
-#bork      # debian currently requires the full version which imports X authority
-#bork      # information for su.
-#bork  
-#bork      # get the x authority info for our current user.
-#bork      source "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/security/get_x_auth.sh"
-#bork  
-#bork      if [ -z "$X_auth_info" ]; then
-#bork        # if there's no authentication info to pass along, we just do a normal su.
-#bork        /bin/su -l $*
-#bork      else
-#bork        # under X, we update the new login's authority info with the previous
-#bork        # user's info.
-#bork        (unset XAUTHORITY; /bin/su -l $* -c "$X_auth_info ; export DISPLAY=$DISPLAY ; bash")
-#bork      fi
-#bork    else
-#bork      # non-debian supposedly doesn't need the extra overhead any more.
-#bork      # or at least suse doesn't, which is the other one we've tested on.
-#bork      /bin/su -l $*
-#bork    fi
-#bork  }
-  
   # this function wraps the normal sudo by ensuring we replace the terminal
   # label before we launch what they're passing to sudo.  we also ensure that
   # the feisty meow environment is recreated; normal subshells don't need
@@ -460,23 +419,26 @@ if [ -z "$skip_all" ]; then
     if [ ! -z "$DISPLAY" ]; then
       export IMPORTED_XAUTH="$(xauth list $DISPLAY | head -n 1 | awk '{print $3}')"
     fi
-    # prep a simple string here, rather than messing with arguments in the
-    # already complicated command below.
+    # prep a simple command string here, rather than messing with arguments
+    # in the already complicated command below.  i was seeing some really
+    # screwy behavior trying to expand $@ when embedded for the bash -c flag,
+    # but making the variable ahead of time gets rid of that.
     cmd="/usr/bin/sudo ""$@"
 
     # omit any variables that are either wrong for a different user or used
     # to shield the feisty meow scripts from reconfiguring.  when we do the
-    # sudo, we want a fresh start for feisty meow at least.  this approach
-    # is complicated by our sentinel alias, which normally is passed to any
-    # subshells.
+    # sudo, we want a fresh start for feisty meow at least.
+    # our approach to launching sudo is further complicated by our sentinel
+    # alias, which normally is passed to any subshells (to prevent recreating
+    # aliases).  we turn off the expand_aliases shell option to avoid passing
+    # the sentinel, which ensures aliases do get recreated for the new user.
     BUILD_VARS_LOADED= \
-    CORE_VARIABLES_LOADED= \
-    FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS_LOADED= \
-    function_sentinel= \
-    MAIL= \
+      CORE_VARIABLES_LOADED= \
+      FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS_LOADED= \
+      function_sentinel= \
+      MAIL= \
+      HOME= \
     bash +O expand_aliases -c "$cmd"
-      # the above does cause an extra shell, but we need it to work
-      # identically to the normal sudo syntax, and that gets us this.
     retval=$?
     restore_terminal_title
     return $retval
@@ -986,6 +948,28 @@ return 0
 
   ##############
 
+  # you have hit the borderline functional zone...
+
+#hmmm: not really doing anything yet; ubuntu seems to have changed from pulseaudio in 17.04?
+  # restarts the sound driver.
+  function fix_sound_driver() {
+    # stop bash complaining about blank function body.
+    local nothing=
+#if alsa something
+#    sudo service alsasound restart
+#elif pulse something
+#    sudo pulseaudio -k
+#    sudo pulseaudio -D
+#else
+#    something else...?
+#fi
+
+  }
+
+  # ...and here's the end of the borderline functional zone.
+
+  ##############
+
   # NOTE: no more function definitions are allowed after this point.
 
   function function_sentinel()