[Users] "permission denied" error on CT rc.local script to add custom commands by regular user with full root rights granted via sudo

[knawnd at gmail.com]

Sharp wrote on 25/06/11 21:14:
> On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 8:56 PM,<knawnd at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> $ sudo echo "# oneadmin test">>  /vz/private/164/etc/rc.d/rc.local
>> -bash: /vz/private/164/etc/rc.d/rc.local: Permission denied
>>
>> Does someone have any ideas what can be the reason of insufficient
>> privileges for regular user with full root rights granted via sudo?
>
> That's simple. Your echo command is running as root because of sudo.
> But the shell that's redirecting echo's output is still running as
> you.
>
> You can become a root and do that command without any problems.
Thanks for quick reply!

I need to do that in a script. I found the solution:
$ sudo  bash -c 'echo "# oneadmin test 2" >> /vz/private/164/etc/rc.local'

Regards,
Nikolay.

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