Re: cant get into a file with sudo (Ubuntu 8.04)


"Martin Gregorie" <martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:pan.2008.04.26.18.22.56.799813@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:37:30 +0100, David wrote:

Trying to open a file ( /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0f.0/ssb_sprom )
with gksudo gedit using a new install of the latest Ubuntu 8.04 but get
"could not open the file".
I thought that if I do sudo (correct password of course) I could get
into anything.
Is this correct?

No. You can only run commands that are permitted by the contents of
/etc/sudoers

sudo -l

will list what you're allowed to do. See "man sudoers" for more details
and how to change the list of permitted commands.

Many thanks.
Dave


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