"sudo !!" doesn't give me permissions. What am I missing?

Asked Sep 17 '14 at 18:32

Active Sep 17 '14 at 18:54

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When you forgot to sudo a command you may want to write,

sudo !!

That would execute the last command applying the sudo command to it.

However sometimes seems I can't do that, for example inside /etc folders. What am I missing?

EDIT:

dione@saturno:/etc$ echo testing > testfile
bash: testfile: Permiso denegado
dione@saturno:/etc$ sudo !!
sudo echo testing > testfile
bash: testfile: Permiso denegado
dione@saturno:/etc$

Now I guess that's because it's doing sudo echo, and the problem is that redirection is not affected.

edited Sep 17 '14 at 18:50

asked Sep 17 '14 at 18:32

whitenoisedb

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Could you give an example? The directory you happen to be in is irrelevant. Please [edit] and give us an example we can reproduce. – terdon Sep 17 '14 at 18:41
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You need to explain exactly what you're doing here because sudo !! does generally work. – Oli Sep 17 '14 at 18:44
updated. I guess I didn't take notice redirection was outside sudo effect. – whitenoisedb Sep 17 '14 at 18:54
should I delete the post? I don't feel you very happy with duplicate posts. – whitenoisedb Sep 17 '14 at 18:57
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There is nothing wrong with having duplicate posts, I even have some. – Seth Sep 17 '14 at 18:57
Duplicates are a good thing for the system. They help people with similar issues find the right solution from search engines. – Oli Sep 17 '14 at 19:19
hope it helps someone in the future – whitenoisedb Sep 17 '14 at 20:23

"sudo !!" doesn't give me permissions. What am I missing?

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