Write to file forbidden

[Norberto Bensa]

On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 10:47 AM, GaryT <taig at melbpc.org.au> wrote:
> from the root directory.


>        e.g.    ls -s -S -R >files.txt


you -as user- have no permission on /


> adding sudo makes no difference
> using gksudo also makes no difference.

no. because redirection is still being done as user:

sudo ls -s -S -R | sudo tee files.txt >/dev/null

will work.

BTW, this' a FAQ.