Switch sudo to command dispatch, this will allow vanilla commands to be executed.

Author: khobbits

Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/commands/Commandsudo.java

@@ -4,10 +4,8 @@
 import static com.earth2me.essentials.I18n.tl;
 import com.earth2me.essentials.User;
 import java.util.Locale;
-import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import org.bukkit.Server;
-import org.bukkit.command.PluginCommand;
 
 
 public class Commandsudo extends EssentialsCommand
@@ -36,37 +34,39 @@ public void run(final Server server, final CommandSource sender, final String co
 			user.getBase().chat(getFinalArg(args, 1).substring(2));
 			return;
 		}
-		final String command = args[1];
-		final String[] arguments = new String[args.length - 2];
+		final String[] arguments = new String[args.length - 1];
 		if (arguments.length > 0)
 		{
-			System.arraycopy(args, 2, arguments, 0, args.length - 2);
+			System.arraycopy(args, 1, arguments, 0, args.length - 1);
 		}
 
 		if (user.isAuthorized("essentials.sudo.exempt") && sender.isPlayer())
 		{
 			throw new Exception(tl("sudoExempt"));
 		}
 
-		sender.sendMessage(tl("sudoRun", user.getDisplayName(), command, getFinalArg(arguments, 0)));
+		final String command = getFinalArg(arguments, 0);
 
-		final PluginCommand execCommand = ess.getServer().getPluginCommand(command);
-		if (execCommand != null)
+		sender.sendMessage(tl("sudoRun", user.getDisplayName(), command, ""));
+
+		if (command != null && command.length() > 0)
 		{
 			class SudoCommandTask implements Runnable
 			{
 				@Override
 				public void run()
 				{
-					LOGGER.log(Level.INFO, String.format("[Sudo] %s issued server command: /%s %s", user.getName(), command, getFinalArg(arguments, 0)));
-					execCommand.execute(user.getBase(), command, arguments);
+					try
+					{
+						ess.getServer().dispatchCommand(user.getBase(), command);
+					}
+					catch (Exception e)
+					{
+						sender.sendMessage(tl("errorCallingCommand", command));
+					}
 				}
 			}
 			ess.scheduleSyncDelayedTask(new SudoCommandTask());
 		}
-		else
-		{
-			sender.sendMessage(tl("errorCallingCommand", command));
-		}
 	}
 }

Essentials/src/messages.properties

@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ soloMob=\u00a74That mob likes to be alone.
 spawnSet=\u00a76Spawn location set for group\u00a7c {0}\u00a76.
 spawned=spawned
 sudoExempt=\u00a74You cannot sudo this user.
-sudoRun=\u00a76Forcing\u00a7c {0} \u00a76to run\:\u00a7r /{1} {2}
+sudoRun=\u00a76Forcing\u00a7c {0} \u00a76to run\:\u00a7r /{1}
 suicideMessage=\u00a76Goodbye cruel world...
 suicideSuccess=\u00a76Player \u00a7c{0} \u00a76took their own life.
 survival=survival
@@ -548,7 +548,6 @@ mailTooLong=\u00a74Mail message too long. Try to keep it below 1000 characters.
 mailDelay=Too many mails have been sent within the last minute. Maximum\: {0}
 seenAccounts=\u00a76Player has also been known as\:\u00a7c {0}
 unableToSpawnItem=\u00a74Cannot spawn \u00a7c{0}\u00a74, this is not a spawnable item.
-
 itemsConverted=\u00a76Converted all items into blocks.
 itemsNotConverted=\u00a74You have no items that can be converted into blocks.
 mailSentTo=\u00a7c{0}\u00a76 has been sent the following mail:

Essentials/src/messages_en.properties

@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ soloMob=\u00a74That mob likes to be alone.
 spawnSet=\u00a76Spawn location set for group\u00a7c {0}\u00a76.
 spawned=spawned
 sudoExempt=\u00a74You cannot sudo this user.
-sudoRun=\u00a76Forcing\u00a7c {0} \u00a76to run\:\u00a7r /{1} {2}
+sudoRun=\u00a76Forcing\u00a7c {0} \u00a76to run\:\u00a7r /{1}
 suicideMessage=\u00a76Goodbye cruel world...
 suicideSuccess=\u00a76Player \u00a7c{0} \u00a76took their own life.
 survival=survival
@@ -548,7 +548,6 @@ mailTooLong=\u00a74Mail message too long. Try to keep it below 1000 characters.
 mailDelay=Too many mails have been sent within the last minute. Maximum\: {0}
 seenAccounts=\u00a76Player has also been known as\:\u00a7c {0}
 unableToSpawnItem=\u00a74Cannot spawn \u00a7c{0}\u00a74, this is not a spawnable item.
-
 itemsConverted=\u00a76Converted all items into blocks.
 itemsNotConverted=\u00a74You have no items that can be converted into blocks.
 mailSentTo=\u00a7c{0}\u00a76 has been sent the following mail: