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From: Christoph Gysin <cgysin@gmx.ch>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] sudo echo cannot write to /etc/ files ?
Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 21:13:51 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <42CC2D6F.7040000@gmx.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <42CC24AD.70705@planet.nl>

Holly Bostick wrote:
> Or is this not a valid proof that there are some limits left?

Not, it's not. A simple "sudo bash" will give you a root shell.
The problem in your example was the missing quotes:

$ sudo bash -c "/etc/init.d/samba restart"

Christoph
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      parent reply	other threads:[~2005-07-06 19:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-07-06 13:52 [gentoo-user] sudo echo cannot write to /etc/ files ? Holly Bostick
2005-07-06 14:02 ` A. Khattri
2005-07-06 14:25   ` Holly Bostick
2005-07-06 14:20 ` David Morgan
2005-07-06 14:20 ` gentoo
2005-07-06 15:21   ` Holly Bostick
2005-07-06 15:29     ` Christoph Gysin
2005-07-06 15:39     ` gentoo
2005-07-07  3:42     ` Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
2005-07-07  5:31       ` Richard Fish
2005-07-06 14:22 ` Edward Catmur
2005-07-06 14:54   ` Holly Bostick
2005-07-06 15:12     ` David Morgan
2005-07-06 15:26       ` Neil Bothwick
2005-07-06 15:28       ` Christoph Gysin
2005-07-06 16:07         ` Holly Bostick
2005-07-06 16:47           ` Christoph Gysin
2005-07-06 18:22           ` Richard Fish
2005-07-06 18:36             ` Holly Bostick
2005-07-06 19:12               ` Richard Fish
2005-07-06 19:42                 ` Holly Bostick
2005-07-06 20:28                   ` John J. Foster
2005-07-06 20:52                   ` Manuel McLure
2005-07-06 19:13               ` Christoph Gysin [this message]

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