sudo only when required

[HaleTom]

Currently I need to run pacmatic as root.

Would you consider using sudo to perform only the required actions with elevated permissions?

AUR helpers (specified in $pacman_program) generally expect to be run as a non-root user, which is what prompted me to raise this issue.

[HaleTom]

I'm currently working around this by:

# Downgrade permissions as AUR helpers expect to be run as a non-root user
alias aurman='pacman_program="sudo -u #$UID /usr/bin/aurman" pacmatic'

# pacmatic needs to be run as root
alias pacmatic='sudo --preserve-env=pacman_program /usr/bin/pacmatic'

For more, see SE U&L question: Have pacmatic wrap aurman/pakku/pacaur/yaourt wrap powerpill wrap pacman

[G4Zz0L1]

Using those aliases (with yay on aurman) asks for the sudo password 2 times and I can't figure why. You know how to prevent it?

[HaleTom]

@G4Zz0L1 There are 2 sudo invocations there.

Google about for "how to sudo without password" for no password, or "sudo remember password" if you only want to type the password once.