Larry Finger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Andreas Schwab wrote:
>> Larry Finger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>>> +You are then ready to rewrite the sprom with
>>> +
>>> +sudo cat ssb_sprom_copy > $SSB_SPROM
>>
>> This won't work as an unprivileged user who won't be able to open the
>> file for writing. You probably need to use cp instead.
>
> Doesn't the sudo give the necessary privilege?

The redirection happens earlier.

> I haven't tested writing the sprom, but it certainly does for the
> read, which I have tested. As the file has 600 as its permissions, I
> thought that read and write would be symmetric.

Try this for symmetry: sudo cat < $SSB_SPROM

Andreas.

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