Bug 58

Summary:	Clean File
Product:	Sudo	Reporter:	paulorvj
Component:	Sudo	Assignee:	Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	normal
Version:	1.6.4
Hardware:	HP
OS:	HP-UX

Description paulorvj 2001-11-22 04:05:34 MST

The following command works correctly in AIX, where in root is owner, but in Hp-
ux the command doesn't work:

sudo echo "" > /file

The error is:  Ksh: Cannot create

Comment 1 Todd C. Miller 2001-11-22 08:51:59 MST

Redirection happens in the shell long before sudo is even executed.  That is why the error message is coming from ksh, _not_ sudo.  If what you want to do is truncate a file with sudo you can use something like 'cp /dev/null file'.