Re: sudo and shell builtins
On Fri, Aug 02, 2002 at 03:41:05PM -0700, Thanasis Kinias wrote:
> scripsit martin f krafft:
> > also sprach Thanasis Kinias <tkinias@optimalco.com> [2002.08.03.0023
> > +0200]:
> > > In short, is there a way to execute a shell builtin as root using
> > > something like sudo, or must I always open a root shell to use 'cd'
> > > or similar?
> >
> > When sudo finished, permissions will be dropped. what good is a shell
> > that might have `pwd` set to a non-permitted resource, but not be able
> > to do anything with it since it's administratively prohibited?
>
> I can do 'sudo ls', 'sudo tail _file_', etc.
How about sudo sh -c 'cd /root/hidden'
provided you have sh allowed in sudo... but this beat security and
should not be used
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