[bash] Checking for a directory in root

[AntumDeluge]

I'm trying to check if a directory exists under root, but if I don't have root permissions, it returns as false.


if [ -d "/root/Desktop" ]; then echo "hello world"; fi
How do I check for a root directory if I don't have permission? Or, how do I use my sudoer permissions to check for a directory?

[tookyourtime]

What happens if just just run the script with


sudo ./testscript
?

[AntumDeluge]

You're totally right. For some reason I was thinking that I wanted to run this script without sudo, but now that I think it through, that is what I want to do. Thanks.