Imported Upstream version 1.7.0

[debian/sudo] / TROUBLESHOOTING

diff --git a/TROUBLESHOOTING b/TROUBLESHOOTING
index 4bf571bf31d4d6df9d92b927e200ead06c25970a..a90b5eb9ff67c70be25f0b34487e13972411d474 100644 (file)
--- a/TROUBLESHOOTING
+++ b/TROUBLESHOOTING
@@ -158,9 +158,12 @@ A) "cd" is a shell built-in command, you can't run it as a command
 
 Q) When I try to use "cd" with sudo the command completes without
    errors but nothing happens.
-A) Some SVR4-derived OS's include a /usr/bin/cd command for reasons
-   unfathomable.  A "cd" command is totally useless since a child process
-   cannot affect the current working directory of the parent (your shell).
+A) Even though "cd" is a shell built-in command, some operating systems
+   include a /usr/bin/cd command for some reason.  A standalone
+   "cd" command is totally useless since a child process (cd) cannot
+   affect the current working directory of the parent (your shell).
+   Thus, "sudo cd /foo" will start a child process, change the
+   directory and immediately exit without doing anything useful.
 
 Q) When I run sudo it says I am not allowed to run the command as root
    but I don't want to run it as root, I want to run it as another user.