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fsq2018
Apr 29, 2022Copper Contributor
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)
- Did this work out for you?
- fsq2018Copper 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