Hello RobH!

Tuesday November 10 2020 20:08, you wrote to me:

Do a ssh into your Pi.
Then do
pwd
ls -la

Now do
sudo -s
pwd
ls -la


and report what you get

Vince


 > On 10/11/2020 06:05, Vincent Coen wrote:
 >> Hello RobH!
 >>
 >> Tuesday November 10 2020 17:40, you wrote to All:
 >>
 >>   > I have a python script to run some leds, and I'm having a
 >> problem with
 >>   > it! When I ssh into my pi zero, then sudo python3 python
 >> script.py, it
 >>   > doesn't run, no leds are lit.
 >>   > But if I open a terminal in the pi desktop and run the same
 >> command
 >>   > line, it works and the leds light up.
 >>
 >>   > Anyone know why this happens.
 >>
 >> Who owns the script.py and where is it ?
 >>
 >>
 >> Remember sudo takes root priv. and the directory so try :
 >>
 >> sudo python3 /home/pi/script.py   or whater the user name is along
 >> with the correct python run command is.
 >>
 >>
 >> Vincent
 >>

 > I ssh'd into my pi zero, then I created the script with : sudo nano
 > script.py then copied some other python script into the new script.py.
 > I then ran sudo python3 script.py from within the directory the said
 > script is in, which is the Downloads directory.
 > Nothing happens, no errors, no leds lit.

 > If I open a terminal window on the pi desktop and run the exact same
 > sudo python3 script.py, it runs and the leds light up



Vincent

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