for superuser: su regards.
On Fri, Dec 10, 2021 at 4:14 AM Andrei POPESCU <andreimpope...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >