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   From: Chris Game    
   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: A basic gnome problem   
   Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:14:18 -0000   
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   On 2007-02-21, SINNER  wrote:   
   >> ...    
   >> This is embarrassing:   
   >   
   > Bah, we are all guilty of it once and a while, no worries.   
   >   
   >> the sudo command doesn't work on my machine    
   >> either. Do this:   
   >>    
   >> sudo -i   
   >>    
   >> echo false >> /etc/X11/default-display-manager   
   >>    
   >   
   > That will definately work.   
   >   
   >> I think, the sudo doesn't get past the redirection (">>").   
   >   
   > Yes, I think the shell executes the echo and then dies.   
   >   
   This must be the usual issue with sudo executing a shell redirect    
   command (append to file in this case); try putting 'bash' in there    
   to get the permissions right, e.g.   
   sudo bash -c "echo false > > /whatever/somefile"   
      
   See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo for more information    
   on the do's and don't's of sudo.   
      
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   Chris Game   
      
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