On 06/25/2010 12:49 PM, Mikkel was caught red-handed while writing:: > On 06/25/2010 01:38 PM, JD 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? >> > Dumb question - does your user have write permission in the > directory you are trying to create rpm.tar.bz2 in? > > Or am I misunderstanding what you are trying to do, and you want > rpm.tar.bz2 to be owned by root? > > Mikkel > Issue already very well explained by Bill Crawford. No need for any followups. Cheers, JD -- 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
