Permission denied making output file

[DeafSmith]

Guys I tried to run this:

ls * -lag > test1.txt

And it gives me a 'Permission denied' for text1.txt (a new file to be created.)

Now I have adm privilages (in fact I'm the only one set up on it) and I can't figure out why I'm getting this 'Permission denied'.

Do I have to create the file first and chmod so I can read/write/delete the file?

Thanks!

[rrl]

try:
sudo ls * -lag>test1.txt.

[DeafSmith]

Thanks but I tried sudo first thing.

Do I need to create the file first with privileges set?

Thanks.

[rrl]

can you create a blank file where you are trying to put the other one?

[DeafSmith]

Ok what it is doing is there are a few directories that seem to be a no-go. They belong to root and for some reason cannot be read.

So it isn't the file being created or appended that fails.

I did get most of it to work, just got a few failures.


Thanks.