How do I run a sudo command in Emacs?
emacs, shell, sudo
Solution
How about:
(shell-command (concat "echo " (shell-quote-argument (read-passwd "Password? "))
" | sudo -S your_command_here"))
Problem
I'm trying to create shortcut keys for some commonly used sudo shell commands (for example, having `C-c s` run `(shell-command "sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart")`). I tried using a straight-up shell-command call as above, but it just outputs the following to the `*Shell Command Output*` buffer: ``` [sudo] password for Inaimathi: Sorry, try again. [sudo] password for Inaimathi: Sorry, try again. [sudo] password for Inaimathi: Sorry, try again. sudo: 3 incorrect password attempts ``` It doesn't actually ask for a password. I don't want to have to start up Emacs using `sudo emacs`, but I guess that's an option if nothing else will work. The ideal solution would be a function from within Emacs (as opposed to OS jiggery-pokery to change the behaviour of the shell or the `sudo` command). Something like `(sudo-shell-command "dostuff")`, or `(with-password-prompt (shell-command "sudo dostuff"))`.