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  • Show us a transcript of you trying to write to tdir/dir1. With evidence of permissions. cd tdir; ls -la; cd dir1; touch zzzz. Add it to your question. Commented Feb 22, 2018 at 22:41
  • You may also find this useful unix.stackexchange.com/questions/101263/… Commented Feb 22, 2018 at 22:44
  • Can you do the full sequence, so I see permissions (context is everything). Yes you need to mod it to add sudo, in your case. Commented Feb 22, 2018 at 22:46
  • sudo does not accept built in commands. cd is a built in command so I cant really do as you asked. Commented Feb 22, 2018 at 22:52
  • The evidence of permissions is given above in my original post. It shows the read write and access permissions for user group and everyone else. Being another user will not change those. I'm a little confused what you mean. Commented Feb 22, 2018 at 22:58