diff --git a/continuousintegration/buildtree_runner/vmBootstrap/bootstrapCTA.sh b/continuousintegration/buildtree_runner/vmBootstrap/bootstrapCTA.sh
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new mode 100755
diff --git a/continuousintegration/buildtree_runner/vmBootstrap/bootstrapKubernetes.sh b/continuousintegration/buildtree_runner/vmBootstrap/bootstrapKubernetes.sh
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index 389f38587555506bb57b8d6af76d75772ec0bb01..551f2b601f59050eada374f2095619805dac00b3
--- a/continuousintegration/buildtree_runner/vmBootstrap/bootstrapKubernetes.sh
+++ b/continuousintegration/buildtree_runner/vmBootstrap/bootstrapKubernetes.sh
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ perl -p -i -e 's/<%= \@dns_domainname -%>/'"${dns_domainname}"'/' ${dnspoddir}/p
 perl -p -i -e 's/<%= \@my_ipaddress -%>/'"${docker_ipaddress}"'/' ${dnspoddir}/pod-dns.yaml
 perl -p -i -e 's/<%= \@upper_level_dns -%>/'"${upper_level_dns}"'/' ${dnspoddir}/pod-dns.yaml
 
-kubectl create -f .DNS/kube-system_ns.yaml
-kubectl create -f ${dnspoddir}/dns-svc.yaml
-kubectl create -f ${dnspoddir}/pod-dns.yaml
+sudo kubectl create -f .DNS/kube-system_ns.yaml
+sudo kubectl create -f ${dnspoddir}/dns-svc.yaml
+sudo kubectl create -f ${dnspoddir}/pod-dns.yaml
 
 rm -rf ${dnspoddir}
 
diff --git a/continuousintegration/buildtree_runner/vmBootstrap/bootstrapSystem.sh b/continuousintegration/buildtree_runner/vmBootstrap/bootstrapSystem.sh
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