Why not just use sudo to run lsof? sudo lsof |grep openvpn
If you are looking for listening ports, then: sudo lsof -i |grep openvpn On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 11:39 AM, Joe S <joes...@shaw.ca> wrote: > I am wondering if someone can tell me the right way to get a root shell > through sudo. I tried the following commands: > sudo su - > sudo -i > > Then tried the following command and got this warning: > > lsof|grep openvpn > lsof: WARNING: can't stat() fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon file > system /home/joe/.gvfs Output information may be incomplete. > > It looks like Linux is looking in the wrong directory for info. I have > read that the correct way to do this was sudo su - > This would use root's environment and home directory. > > Looking on the Net is confusing as I get conflicting advice between > this. > > Thanks > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying >
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