Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]

Groups > linux.debian.user > #242897

Re: unkown root password and mkdir problem.

Show all headers | View raw

[Multipart message — attachments visible in raw view] - view raw

On Vi, 05 nov 21, 19:17:11, Thomas George wrote:
> 
> I have used sudo successfully with many commands including mkdir but sudo
> tar fails to uncompress files because it cannot make the necessary
> directories. That is sudo tar runs but must use mkdir which fails.

In such cases you might want to run the command in a `sudo -i` (or '-s', 
depending on your preference) session.

Kind regards,
Andrei
-- 
http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser

Back to linux.debian.user | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread

Thread

unkown root password and mkdir problem. Thomas George <lists@tomgeorge.info> - 2021-11-06 00:30 +0100
  Re: unkown root password and mkdir problem. Jeremy Ardley <jeremy@ardley.org> - 2021-11-06 00:40 +0100
    Re: unkown root password and mkdir problem. Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-11-06 01:10 +0100
    Re: unkown root password and mkdir problem. Thomas George <lists@tomgeorge.info> - 2021-11-06 03:20 +0100
      Re: unkown root password and mkdir problem. deloptes <emanoil.kotsev@deloptes.org> - 2021-11-06 07:30 +0100
  Re: unkown root password and mkdir problem. Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-12-10 13:20 +0100
    Re: unkown root password and mkdir problem. Michael Castellon <castellonmichael@gmail.com> - 2021-12-10 16:00 +0100

csiph-web