On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 08:34, Tim Waugh wrote: > > I didn't notice anything in man sudo to explain why globbing doesn't > > work using sudo. At least in this instance > > Globbing is done by your shell, i.e. before sudo is executed. The > shell can't read those files, so you lose. > > Perhaps use: sudo sh -c 'ls /root/inst*' That doesn't work either. FWLIW, I use "sudo mc" what I need to manage files not owned by me. :-) -- "It's time to KISS your BOT goodBYYYYYYEEEEEE!!!!!" -- Metabee, 'Medabots' -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list