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Under my user home directory I have a file called passwords.txt which is owned by a another user. I don't have sudo access.

Permission of the passwords.txt file is r-x------ spual spaul

How can I read this text file?

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You ask the system administrator or the user spaul to give you permission.

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    I'd ask the system administrator or spaul just what in the devil spaul's passwords.txt file is doing in someone else's home directory. Commented Sep 23, 2018 at 16:50
  • You might have better luck asking the owner of the home directory, who in many setups will generally be the only (unprivileged) person with write permission. (-: Commented Sep 23, 2018 at 19:19
  • @JdeBP it seems that the OP is the owner of the home directory, but the file in it is not accessible to them. Commented Sep 23, 2018 at 19:43
  • I did ask the sys admin but he told me there is a way to solve it. "An easy puzzle to solve". @JdeBP- the file is on my home directory. Commented Sep 23, 2018 at 21:55
  • Write permission on the directory roaima. Commented Sep 23, 2018 at 22:59
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If the hard drive or the home folder is not encrypted you have two options:

  1. Access the file via a live system (if you are allowed to boot).
  2. Plug the hard drive to another computer you have root/sudo rights and access the file.

If not, refer to @roaima's answer.

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This worked:

sudo –u spaul /bin/cat passwords.txt
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    If this worked, your question gives wrong details, namely "I don't have sudo access." Commented Sep 26, 2018 at 13:59
  • still i dont have sudo access on the machine, create a similar environment and try it. Commented Sep 26, 2018 at 20:35
  • You're not making sense I'm afraid. You say you don't have sudo access but your working solution uses sudo. Huh? Commented Sep 26, 2018 at 21:36

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