On 20 Nov 2024 17:49 -0500, from g...@wooledge.org (Greg Wooledge): >> sudo echo "something" >>/etc/postfix/virtual_alias_maps > >> Can you help me why the first sudo failed? > > The redirection >> is being done before sudo is executed.
Indeed. The usual pattern if you need to do this in a non-root-only script is to do something like `echo | sudo tee` to tie the sudo to the thing that needs write access to the output file. -- Michael Kjörling 🔗 https://michael.kjorling.se
