On 06/25/2010 12:04 PM, Bill Crawford was caught red-handed while writing:: > On 25 June 2010 19:38, JD<jd1008@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> cd /var/lib >> sudo tar cjf - rpm> rpm.tar.bz2 >> sh: rpm.tar.bz2: cannot create [Permission denied] >> >> My username is in /etc/sudoers: >> jd ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL >> >> Yeah... I know it is not safe to set NOPASSWD and all that... >> but that is not why I am asking about. >> >> Is this an established legacy behaviour of sudo? >> > Nope. Just that sudo only runs the "tar" command; the redirect (>) is > done by the shell, and since you aren't root, you can't write in > /var/lib. > > Suggest "sudo tar cjf rpm.tar.bz2 rpm" (have tar write the file > itself; it will be running as root so will work). > Makes sense! Thanks for the head up. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
