added some sudos where they would be handy.

diff --git a/customizing/fred/fred_common.alias b/customizing/fred/fred_common.alias
index ea832f204b8029081d61b01da072b23b569aadc2..ab75ffe60aa7e6068005e1469c92d7bb21d8c87f 100644 (file)
--- a/customizing/fred/fred_common.alias
+++ b/customizing/fred/fred_common.alias
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 # moo and unmoo mount the local folders i use most.
 alias moo='check_mount /z/stuffing ; check_mount /z/walrus ; check_mount /z/chunky ; check_mount /z/fredgrid'
-alias unmoo='umount /z/stuffing ; umount /z/walrus ; umount /z/chunky ; umount /z/fredgrid'
+alias unmoo='sudo umount /z/stuffing ; sudo umount /z/walrus ; sudo umount /z/chunky ; sudo umount /z/fredgrid'
 
 # cleans up the ownership for all my files.
 #moved alias refred='(chown -R fred:fred /home/fred /home/games /home/archives ; normal_perm /var/log )'

diff --git a/scripts/system/check_mount.sh b/scripts/system/check_mount.sh
index 889c9df3197a011845e92556937a17712478b1dc..281d52bdafe1943f1091f1f23004e3dcec988980 100644 (file)
--- a/scripts/system/check_mount.sh
+++ b/scripts/system/check_mount.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+# check_mount: tests a mount point to see if it is already mounted, and if
+# it is not, mounts it.
 if [ -z "$1" ]; then
   echo This program needs a mount point as a parameter.  If the mount point is not
   echo already mounted, then the program will attempt to mount it.
@@ -6,7 +8,7 @@ if [ -z "$1" ]; then
 fi
 
 if [ -z "$(mount | grep "$1")" ]; then
-  mount "$1"
+  sudo mount "$1"
 fi