directory nog accessible ( sudo cd )

[MarsDude]

Hi all,

I have this issue... I extracted a couple of directories from a zipfile and they are owned by root:root . and not available for others. The problem is that I cannot use sudo to get into these directories because when I do a

sudo cd backupdir

it says :

sudo: cd: command not found

Ofcourse I can always use chmod and chown to get access, which is what I did... but It's odd that sudo , which gives you root privileges, cannot cd to a directory that is owned by root.
Anybody know if this is either a bug or a design flaw, or if I just messed up my install? ;-) Or maybe there is a very good reason for not having cd available to sudo .. please explain.

[sky]

Re: directory nog accessible ( sudo cd )

Hi,

For me it's quite natural not to have access to cd command. I explain myself :
sudo is not a shell, it's making one shot commands without keeping notes of where you are, if you would do :
you're in /home folder and you type :
sudo cd toto
sudo ls -l
you would still be in /home
If you want to behave like in shell, you should sudo sh
and then it will be a root shell (so handle with care)

Cheers

[MarsDude]

Re: directory nog accessible ( sudo cd )

Thanx.. it makes so much sense I'm almost embarrased I asked LOL
Always used to login in as root for admin tasks.... where ofcourse you have the shell and commands like cd available.
Thanx again !

[sky]

Re: directory nog accessible ( sudo cd )

A question is never bad, it's good to get clear ideas of concepts like this

Cheers