[sudo] password for codespace:

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@debbairagi ➜ /workspaces/codespace (main) $ curl https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz | sudo -u www-data tar zx -C /srv/www
[sudo] password for codespace: % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
0 21.6M 0 21671 0 0 24240 0 0:15:38 --:--:-- 0:15:38 24213
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[sudo] password for codespace:

[osortega]

@debbairagi looks like you are doing sudo on www-data user?
You should be able to do sudo su without any issues.

[euLita]

hi guys,
well, didnt work for me

[Dawn-Oxygen]

You can try typing the "sudo -i" command.

[chienhsiang-hung]

worked!

[kavindyasinthasilva]

sudo visudo

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[saint0x]

any update here? none of these worked for me.

[Hamza-nabil]

sudo sudo worked for me