redirecting out of a command invoked by sudo fails

[JD]

On 06/25/2010 12:49 PM, Mikkel was caught red-handed while writing::
> On 06/25/2010 01:38 PM, JD wrote:
>    
>> cd /var/lib
>> sudo tar cjf - rpm>  rpm.tar.bz2
>> sh: rpm.tar.bz2: cannot create [Permission denied]
>>
>> My username is in /etc/sudoers:
>> jd      ALL=(ALL)       NOPASSWD: ALL
>>
>> Yeah... I know it is not safe to set NOPASSWD and all that...
>> but that is not why I am asking about.
>>
>> Is this an established legacy behaviour of sudo?
>>      
> Dumb question - does your user have write permission in the
> directory you are trying to create rpm.tar.bz2 in?
>
> Or am I misunderstanding what you are trying to do, and you want
> rpm.tar.bz2 to be owned by root?
>
> Mikkel
>    
Issue already very well explained by Bill Crawford.
No need for any followups.

Cheers,

JD