Re: sudo cd... command not found?

Thanks Dale,

Worked!! Thanks!!

I noticed it made me the root user.

What is the difference between sudo -i and sudo su?

In my research it appears that both change to user to root along with
changing the UID. I've been using sudo -i to solver this issue for
years while not fully understanding it.

I assume sudo elevates the user's permissions however they stay that
user and their UID does not change??

Keith


On 2022-12-21 21:47, Dale Farnsworth wrote:
> [I sent this message yesterday, not sure why it didn't make the list.
> Re-sending]
>
> sudo only runs commands found in $PATH.
> cd is a built-in shell command, therefore sudo can't find it.
> The fix is to do su or "sudo su" to get a root shell, and then in the
> root shell do a cd to the restricted directory.
>
> Dale
>
> On Tue, Dec 20, 2022 at 6:27 PM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
> <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Not sure what is going on here:
>>
>> cd <path> results in message "-bash: cd: <path> : Permission
>> denied".
>>
>> Then I add sudo : sudo cd <path> results in message : "sudo: cd:
>> command not found".
>>
>> Any help is much appreciated!!
>>
>> Keith
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