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fsq2018
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Apr 29, 2022

PowerShell cannot copy files on Linux platform

When I try the following code

Copy-Item /etc/sudoers ./sudoers

Suddenly, an error is reported as follows

How can I solve it?How can PowerShell obtain root permission under Linux platform?

  • You can start your initial pwsh sessions running it sudo pwsh. This is the same on Windows if you want to do admin things, you have to run PowerShell as Administrator (Right-Click, Run as Administrator)
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      fsq2018
      Copper Contributor

      Harm_Veenstra It works out as shown in the follwing figure.

      But it reopens a 'pwsh' process to run commands.

      How to run commands without restarting a 'pwsh' shell process.

      • You can start your initial pwsh sessions running it sudo pwsh. This is the same on Windows if you want to do admin things, you have to run PowerShell as Administrator (Right-Click, Run as Administrator)
  • You can run PowerShell on Linux in 'Run as Administrator' mode by running sudo pwsh, that way you can copy the file

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