Hi, I tried to do sudo cd /var/www/html, but it spat out sudo: cd: command not found
let me google that for you:
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The reason you can’t do this is simple and two fold
1
cd is not a program but an in-built command and sudo only applies to programs.
sudo foo means run the program foo as root
sudo cd /path returns
sudo: cd: command not found
because cd is not a program.
2
If it were possible to use sudo to cd to a protected directory then having run the command sudo cd /var/named you would be in that directory as a normal user but normal users are not allowed to be in that directory.
This is not possible.
Workaround:
You can use sudo -i to elevate yourself to super user. For example:
sudo -i
cd /var/named
You are now logged on as root and can use whatever commands you wish. When finished type exit and you are back to being logged on as a normal user.
thank you, that’s very useful