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|    Dan Purgert to rsutton    |
|    Re: I still don't understand sudo proper    |
|    08 Jul 25 15:15:25    |
      From: dan@djph.net              On 2025-07-08, rsutton wrote:       > Hi all,       > The following code runs fine in the VM from the terminal:       > sudo su -       > mount -t 9p config /mnt       > cd /mnt       > ./install.sh       > exit       >       > However, when I converted the commands to my bash script and try to run       > this code , it fails:       > cd /mnt       > sudo mount -t 9p config /mnt       > sudo /mnt/install.sh       >       > The error it gives me is:       > "This script must be run from within the 9p mount"       >       > Can someone explain how I can accomplish the intent of this code?              Well, in the working code, your current working directory is the one       that contains the install script; whereas the non-working code, you are       calling the explicit path (which sort of implies you are "somewhere       else").              Chances are the script does a bunch of things relative to the current       working directory, and it performs a check to ensure that its execution       path is also the current working directory.                     --       |_|O|_|       |_|_|O| Github: https://github.com/dpurgert       |O|O|O| PGP: DDAB 23FB 19FA 7D85 1CC1 E067 6D65 70E5 4CE7 2860              --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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