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I see that one has elevated permissions on the Cloud Shell console.

However for some operation the shell throws errors that seem to be related to privileges.

For example, using the tar command resulted for me in errors:

utime: operation not permitted

The archive was properly extracted, though - so I am not sure why any errors are being thrown.

Arun Vinoth-Precog Tech - MVP
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    In Azure CloudShell, we don't have the root permission and we also could not use `sudo`. – Shui shengbao Aug 18 '17 at 03:14
  • Maybe you could check this [question](https://superuser.com/questions/699225/avoid-errors-from-tar-failing-to-restore-directory-permissions). Also, if possible, could you share your target directory? In `/home//` or other? – Shui shengbao Aug 18 '17 at 03:16

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Walter is correct, you are set as a regular Linux user when using Bash in Cloud Shell. As a result any cmds that may require sudo or root permissions will fail. If this is key to your scenario, please provide more details - in addition we're always listening to feedback at aka.ms/cloudshellfeedback

Thanks for being a Cloud Shell user, I hope it has been useful for you thus far!

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