vital fixes to sudo function

[feisty_meow.git] / scripts / core / launch_feisty_meow.sh

diff --git a/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh b/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh
index 0d7d54beb9d4ed27a880d33b229d29314a573dd5..1e7e6c993f0657d813bfbd0066ad053ef7835244 100644 (file)
--- a/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh
+++ b/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh
@@ -86,12 +86,26 @@ if [ "$NO_REPAIRS_NEEDED" == "true" ]; then
   # some preconditions we want to establish before loading anything...
   
   # make sure that aliases can be used in non-interactive shells.
+  # this causes all aliases that are currently defined for this shell to
+  # be inherited by subshells that this shell starts.  this is unusual,
+  # but is preferred for my workflow in feisty meow scripts; it saves me
+  # time re-adding aliases if i can count on them already being there.
+  # this is a problem if you *don't* want the aliases there though.  we can
+  # solve that problem by running bash with the "-O expand_aliases" flags to
+  # stop the expansion for the next subshell.
   shopt -s expand_aliases
   
   # patch the user variable if we were launched by one of our cron jobs.
   if [ -z "$USER" -a ! -z "$CRONUSER" ]; then
     export USER="$CRONUSER"
   fi
+
+  # use the xauth info if we were given one in the environment.
+  # this allows root or other su'd identities to create windows with same
+  # display variable.
+  if [ ! -z "$DISPLAY" -a ! -z "$IMPORTED_XAUTH" ]; then
+    xauth add $DISPLAY . $IMPORTED_XAUTH
+  fi
   
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