Thread: Modifing a root file

i'm trying install program in /etc , make mod conf file, can't, if use sudo.

example, if create directory , file: /etc/test/testfile using sudo, can read file, edit file , delete file, can't seem is:

> sudo echo 'this test' > testfile

result is:

bash: testfile: permission denied

here permissions:

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-09-03 11:28 .
drwxr-xr-x 166 root root 12288 2010-09-03 10:43 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 2010-09-03 11:28 testfile



missing here? thought sudo can anything?

weird same happens me.

though:

code:

[smartviking@localhost test]$ sudo su [root@localhost test]# ls testfile [root@localhost test]# echo 'this test' > testfile  [root@localhost test]# exit

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