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

[Michael Albinus]

Cray Elliott <mp2e@archlinux.us> 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.