leah blogs: sudo -fDo you read the manpages of tools you use everyday? You should. For example, just yesterday, I found this gem in the sudo manpage: ... for some reason, sudo is unable to update a file with its edited version, the user will receive a warning and the edited copy will remain in a temporary file. -f Force execution of the command, even if the user doesn't fulfill the sudoers policy. This is useful for
