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I am running a routine su'd to another user that does not have access to $PWD.

The other user *does* have full rwx access to *all* the directories in the @directories_to_search list.

However, I keep getting the error:
Can't cd to /home/present_working_directory: Permission denied

The error seems to occur *after* the first run through \&wanted. So, it seems like it is trying to go (back?) to $PWD after it finishes going through \&wanted.

Note this error goes away if I run the routine from *any* directory that the su'd user can chdir to (even if that direcotry has nothing to do with the search list).

Am I missing something obvious here?

Note: I would prefer not to have to use the no_chdir option since I do want to chdir to directories where files are indeed found.

I tried googling but didn't find anything on this.

In reply to Why does File::Find try to chdir to $PWD (and fail) even if $PWD is not itself in search list? by puterboy

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