I didn't notice anything in man sudo to explain why globbing doesn't work using sudo. At least in this instance as root ls /root/inst* /root/install.log /root/install.log.syslog as user sudo ls /root/inst* ls: /root/inst*: No such file or directory sudo ls /root/install.log /root/install.log -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list