Subject: bug#11194: 24.0.95; sudo rm doesn't work with absolute directory paths on the file system

From: Michael Albinus <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2012 13:00:29 +0200

Cray Elliott <[email-masked]> writes:

> For example, if you went to eshell and typed 'sudo rm -rf /opt/folder'
> it would complain about permissions being needed and wouldn't query
> for password. Bug doesn't exist with relative paths. Bug does exist with wildcards.

If you want to use absolute paths in eshell, you should apply

rm -rf /sudo::/opt/folder

Best regards, Michael.