On 10/11/2020 10:42, Vincent Coen wrote:
> 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
>

Apologies for late reply but here are the results of what you asked:

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ pwd
/home/pi
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ ls -la
total 92
drwxrwxrwx 15 pi   pi   4096 Nov 11 12:32 .
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root 4096 Aug 20 11:31 ..
-rw--w--w-  1 pi   pi    671 Nov 10 20:11 .bash_history
-rw-rw-rw-  1 pi   pi    220 Aug 20 11:31 .bash_logout
-rw-rw-rw-  1 pi   pi   3523 Aug 20 11:31 .bashrc
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  364 Nov  8 17:22 blinkatest.py
drwxrwxrwx  2 pi   pi   4096 Aug 20 11:40 Bookshelf
drwxrwxrwx  6 pi   pi   4096 Nov  8 17:20 .cache
drwx-w--w- 12 pi   pi   4096 Nov 10 17:10 .config
drwxrwxrwx  2 pi   pi   4096 Nov  8 16:40 Desktop
drwxrwxrwx  2 pi   pi   4096 Nov  8 16:40 Documents
drwxrwxrwx  6 pi   pi   4096 Nov 10 20:40 Downloads
drwx-w--w-  3 pi   pi   4096 Aug 20 12:09 .gnupg
drwxrwxrwx  5 pi   pi   4096 Nov  8 17:20 .local
drwxrwxrwx  2 pi   pi   4096 Nov  8 16:40 Music
drwxrwxrwx  2 pi   pi   4096 Nov  8 16:40 Pictures
-rw-rw-rw-  1 pi   pi    807 Aug 20 11:31 .profile
drwxrwxrwx  2 pi   pi   4096 Nov  8 16:40 Public
drwxrwxrwx  2 pi   pi   4096 Nov  8 16:40 Templates
drwxrwxrwx  2 pi   pi   4096 Nov  8 16:40 Videos
-rw--w--w-  1 pi   pi     56 Nov 11 12:32 .Xauthority
-rw-------  1 pi   pi   2493 Nov 11 12:32 .xsession-errors
-rw-------  1 pi   pi   2493 Nov 11 09:17 .xsession-errors.old
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo -s
root@raspberrypi:/home/pi# pwd
/home/pi
root@raspberrypi:/home/pi# ls -la
total 92
drwxrwxrwx 15 pi   pi   4096 Nov 11 12:32 .
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root 4096 Aug 20 11:31 ..
-rw--w--w-  1 pi   pi    671 Nov 10 20:11 .bash_history
-rw-rw-rw-  1 pi   pi    220 Aug 20 11:31 .bash_logout
-rw-rw-rw-  1 pi   pi   3523 Aug 20 11:31 .bashrc
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  364 Nov  8 17:22 blinkatest.py
drwxrwxrwx  2 pi   pi   4096 Aug 20 11:40 Bookshelf
drwxrwxrwx  6 pi   pi   4096 Nov  8 17:20 .cache
drwx-w--w- 12 pi   pi   4096 Nov 10 17:10 .config
drwxrwxrwx  2 pi   pi   4096 Nov  8 16:40 Desktop
drwxrwxrwx  2 pi   pi   4096 Nov  8 16:40 Documents
drwxrwxrwx  6 pi   pi   4096 Nov 10 20:40 Downloads
drwx-w--w-  3 pi   pi   4096 Aug 20 12:09 .gnupg
drwxrwxrwx  5 pi   pi   4096 Nov  8 17:20 .local
drwxrwxrwx  2 pi   pi   4096 Nov  8 16:40 Music
drwxrwxrwx  2 pi   pi   4096 Nov  8 16:40 Pictures
-rw-rw-rw-  1 pi   pi    807 Aug 20 11:31 .profile
drwxrwxrwx  2 pi   pi   4096 Nov  8 16:40 Public
drwxrwxrwx  2 pi   pi   4096 Nov  8 16:40 Templates
drwxrwxrwx  2 pi   pi   4096 Nov  8 16:40 Videos
-rw--w--w-  1 pi   pi     56 Nov 11 12:32 .Xauthority
-rw-------  1 pi   pi   2493 Nov 11 12:32 .xsession-errors
-rw-------  1 pi   pi   2493 Nov 11 09:17 .xsession-errors.old
root@raspberrypi:/home/pi#


Thanks

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