> -----Original Message----- > From: Harry Putnam [mailto:hgp@sbcglobal.net] > Sent: Mon, February 03, 2003 3:25 PM > To: psyche-list@redhat.com > Subject: sudo and globbing > > > 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 Expansion is performed by the shell, before sudo is executed. When you run ls as root, the actual command line passed to ls is 'ls /root/install.log /root/install.log.syslog' When you execute it as user, command line to ls will be: 'ls /root/inst*' because your shell can not access /root directory. This makes ls to complain since there is no such file '/root/inst*' > > sudo ls /root/install.log > /root/install.log > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list > -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
