Re: sudo syntax

2004-08-26 Thread Bill Campbell
On Thu, Aug 26, 2004, David Bear wrote: >I want to run a command > >tar czf - / | ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] dd of=tarball.tgz > >I need to run tar as root. However, I need to run ssh as user 'id'. > >I tried > >sudo tar czf - / | ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] dd of=tar.tgz > >but am unsure if ssh was launche

sudo syntax

2004-08-26 Thread David Bear
I want to run a command tar czf - / | ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] dd of=tarball.tgz I need to run tar as root. However, I need to run ssh as user 'id'. I tried sudo tar czf - / | ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] dd of=tar.tgz but am unsure if ssh was launched as 'id' or as root. Any way to be certain that s