[sudo-users] sudo problems with internal shell command

[Jeff Makey]

Aaron Lewis wrote:
>sudo echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth
>
>Permission is denied.
>I think it's because 'echo' is run in shell , as normal user  , then it 
>fails to run.

No, it is the ">" redirection that runs without the privileges gained
via sudo.

>This works fine:
>sudo su - -c 'echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth'
>
>Anyway to solve it ?

That *is* the solution.

                          :: Jeff Makey
                             jeff at sdsc.edu