diff --git a/scripts/config/password/bcrypt/password_export_bcrypt.sh b/scripts/config/password/bcrypt/password_export_bcrypt.sh
index a46a239..0bf3571 100755
--- a/scripts/config/password/bcrypt/password_export_bcrypt.sh
+++ b/scripts/config/password/bcrypt/password_export_bcrypt.sh
@@ -9,26 +9,26 @@ exportBcryptPassword()
         local file="$4"  # File where the placeholder was found
         local log_file="$containers_dir/bcrypt.txt"
 
-        # Ensure log file exists
+        # bcrypt.txt lives under containers_dir (docker-install-owned) -> runFileOp.
         if [ ! -f "$log_file" ]; then
-            local result=$(sudo touch "$log_file")
+            local result=$(runFileOp touch "$log_file")
             checkSuccess "Created bcrypt.txt file."
 
-            local result=$(sudo chmod 600 "$log_file")
+            local result=$(runFileOp chmod 600 "$log_file")
             checkSuccess "Adjusted bcrypt.txt file permissions."
         fi
 
         # Extract the correct variable name (e.g., PASSWORD_HASH) before the placeholder
         local variable_name
-        variable_name=$(sudo awk -F= '/'"$placeholder"'/ { gsub(/^[ \t-]+/, "", $1); print $1; exit }' "$file")
+        variable_name=$(runInstallOp awk -F= '/'"$placeholder"'/ { gsub(/^[ \t-]+/, "", $1); print $1; exit }' "$file")
 
         if [ -n "$variable_name" ]; then
             # Remove old password entries for this app & variable
-            local result=$(sudo sed -i "/^$app_name $variable_name /d" "$log_file")
+            local result=$(runFileOp sed -i "/^$app_name $variable_name /d" "$log_file")
             checkSuccess "Removed existing entry for $app_name $variable_name from bcrypt.txt."
 
             # Log new password
-            local result=$(echo "$app_name $variable_name $raw_password" | sudo tee -a "$log_file" > /dev/null)
+            local result=$(echo "$app_name $variable_name $raw_password" | runFileWrite -a "$log_file" > /dev/null)
             checkSuccess "Logged $app_name $variable_name in bcrypt.txt."
         else
             checkSuccess "Could not extract a variable name before $placeholder in $file."
diff --git a/scripts/config/password/bcrypt/password_process_bcrypt.sh b/scripts/config/password/bcrypt/password_process_bcrypt.sh
index f303234..776017d 100755
--- a/scripts/config/password/bcrypt/password_process_bcrypt.sh
+++ b/scripts/config/password/bcrypt/password_process_bcrypt.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ processBcryptPassword()
 
     # Extract the variable name before the placeholder
     local variable_name
-    variable_name=$(sudo awk -F= '/'"$placeholder"'/ { gsub(/^[ \t-]+/, "", $1); print $1; exit }' "$file")
+    variable_name=$(runInstallOp awk -F= '/'"$placeholder"'/ { gsub(/^[ \t-]+/, "", $1); print $1; exit }' "$file")
 
     if [ -z "$variable_name" ]; then
         isError " Could not extract variable name before $placeholder." 
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ processBcryptPassword()
     # Remove any single quotes from the bcrypt hash
     bcrypt_password=$(echo "$bcrypt_password" | tr -d "'")
 
-    local result=$(sudo sed -i -E "s#$placeholder#$bcrypt_password#g" "$file")
+    local result=$(runInstallOp sed -i -E "s#$placeholder#$bcrypt_password#g" "$file")
     checkSuccess "Use sed to replace placeholder with bcrypt hash"
 
     # Verify replacement
-    if sudo grep -q "$bcrypt_password" "$file"; then
+    if runInstallOp grep -q "$bcrypt_password" "$file"; then
         isSuccessful "Updated $variable_name in $(basename "$file")." 
     else
         isError "ERROR: sed failed to replace $placeholder in $file." 
diff --git a/scripts/config/password/bcrypt/password_replace_bcrypt.sh b/scripts/config/password/bcrypt/password_replace_bcrypt.sh
index 08181bc..3440024 100755
--- a/scripts/config/password/bcrypt/password_replace_bcrypt.sh
+++ b/scripts/config/password/bcrypt/password_replace_bcrypt.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ replaceBcryptPasswords()
     app_name=$(basename "$(dirname "$file")")
 
     # Only scan for bcrypt placeholders that actually exist in the file
-    local existing_placeholders=$(sudo grep -oE 'RANDOMIZEDBCRYPTPASSWORD[0-9]*' "$file" 2>/dev/null | sort -u)
+    local existing_placeholders=$(runInstallOp grep -oE 'RANDOMIZEDBCRYPTPASSWORD[0-9]*' "$file" 2>/dev/null | sort -u)
     
     if [[ -n "$existing_placeholders" ]]; then
         while IFS= read -r placeholder; do
diff --git a/scripts/config/password/bcrypt/password_retreive_bcrypt.sh b/scripts/config/password/bcrypt/password_retreive_bcrypt.sh
index c2fc4be..079368d 100755
--- a/scripts/config/password/bcrypt/password_retreive_bcrypt.sh
+++ b/scripts/config/password/bcrypt/password_retreive_bcrypt.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ getStoredPassword()
     local log_file="$containers_dir/bcrypt.txt"
 
     if [ -f "$log_file" ]; then
-        sudo grep "^$app_name $variable_name " "$log_file" | awk '{print $3}' | tail -n 1
+        runFileOp grep "^$app_name $variable_name " "$log_file" | awk '{print $3}' | tail -n 1
     else
         echo ""
     fi
diff --git a/scripts/config/password/password_replace hex.sh b/scripts/config/password/password_replace hex.sh
index 6c84295..de15d9b 100755
--- a/scripts/config/password/password_replace hex.sh	
+++ b/scripts/config/password/password_replace hex.sh	
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ replaceHexKeys()
     local file="$1"
 
     # Only scan for hex placeholders that actually exist in the file
-    local existing_placeholders=$(sudo grep -oE 'RANDOMIZEDHEX[0-9]*' "$file" 2>/dev/null | sort -u)
+    local existing_placeholders=$(runInstallOp grep -oE 'RANDOMIZEDHEX[0-9]*' "$file" 2>/dev/null | sort -u)
     
     if [[ -n "$existing_placeholders" ]]; then
         while IFS= read -r placeholder; do
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ replaceHexKeys()
                 local hex_key
                 hex_key=$(openssl rand -hex 32)
                 
-                sudo sed -i "s/${placeholder}/${hex_key}/g" "$file"
+                runInstallOp sed -i "s/${placeholder}/${hex_key}/g" "$file"
                 checkSuccess "Updated ${placeholder} in $(basename "$file") with a new hex key."
             fi
         done <<< "$existing_placeholders"
diff --git a/scripts/config/password/password_replace vapid.sh b/scripts/config/password/password_replace vapid.sh
index 01398cd..9bec4ff 100755
--- a/scripts/config/password/password_replace vapid.sh	
+++ b/scripts/config/password/password_replace vapid.sh	
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ replaceVAPIDKeys()
     local file="$1"
 
     # Only scan for VAPID placeholders that actually exist in the file
-    local existing_placeholders=$(sudo grep -oE 'RANDOMIZEDVAPID[0-9]*' "$file" 2>/dev/null | sort -u)
+    local existing_placeholders=$(runInstallOp grep -oE 'RANDOMIZEDVAPID[0-9]*' "$file" 2>/dev/null | sort -u)
     
     if [[ -n "$existing_placeholders" ]]; then
         while IFS= read -r placeholder; do
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ replaceVAPIDKeys()
                 local vapid_key
                 vapid_key=$(openssl rand -base64 32 | tr -d '+/=' | tr -cd '[:alnum:]')
                 
-                sudo sed -i "s/${placeholder}/${vapid_key}/g" "$file"
+                runInstallOp sed -i "s/${placeholder}/${vapid_key}/g" "$file"
                 checkSuccess "Updated ${placeholder} in $(basename "$file") with a new VAPID key."
             fi
         done <<< "$existing_placeholders"
diff --git a/scripts/config/password/password_replace.sh b/scripts/config/password/password_replace.sh
index 8174f40..216d874 100755
--- a/scripts/config/password/password_replace.sh
+++ b/scripts/config/password/password_replace.sh
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ replacePlainPasswords()
     local file="$1"
 
     # Only scan for placeholders that actually exist in the file
-    local existing_placeholders=$(sudo grep -oE 'RANDOMIZEDPASSWORD[0-9]+' "$file" 2>/dev/null | sort -u)
+    local existing_placeholders=$(runInstallOp grep -oE 'RANDOMIZEDPASSWORD[0-9]+' "$file" 2>/dev/null | sort -u)
     
     if [[ -n "$existing_placeholders" ]]; then
         while IFS= read -r password_placeholder; do
             if [[ -n "$password_placeholder" ]]; then
                 local random_password=$(generateRandomPassword)
-                sudo sed -i 's/'"${password_placeholder}"'/'"${random_password}"'/g' "$file"
+                runInstallOp sed -i 's/'"${password_placeholder}"'/'"${random_password}"'/g' "$file"
                 checkSuccess "Updated ${password_placeholder} in $(basename "$file")."
             fi
         done <<< "$existing_placeholders"
diff --git a/scripts/config/password/password_replace_appkey.sh b/scripts/config/password/password_replace_appkey.sh
index f9207aa..dc20e4b 100644
--- a/scripts/config/password/password_replace_appkey.sh
+++ b/scripts/config/password/password_replace_appkey.sh
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ replaceLaravelAppKeys()
 {
     local file="$1"
 
-    local existing_placeholders=$(sudo grep -oE 'RANDOMIZEDAPPKEY[0-9]*' "$file" 2>/dev/null | sort -u)
+    local existing_placeholders=$(runInstallOp grep -oE 'RANDOMIZEDAPPKEY[0-9]*' "$file" 2>/dev/null | sort -u)
 
     if [[ -n "$existing_placeholders" ]]; then
         while IFS= read -r placeholder; do
             if [[ -n "$placeholder" ]]; then
                 local app_key
                 app_key="base64:$(openssl rand -base64 32)"
-                sudo sed -i "s#${placeholder}#${app_key}#g" "$file"
+                runInstallOp sed -i "s#${placeholder}#${app_key}#g" "$file"
                 checkSuccess "Updated ${placeholder} in $(basename "$file") with a new Laravel APP_KEY."
             fi
         done <<< "$existing_placeholders"
diff --git a/scripts/config/password/password_update_all.sh b/scripts/config/password/password_update_all.sh
index 6b48232..e71ed61 100755
--- a/scripts/config/password/password_update_all.sh
+++ b/scripts/config/password/password_update_all.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ scanConfigsForRandomPassword()
         # Find all config files in subdirectories (excluding .category files)
         find "$configs_dir" -type f ! -name "*.category" -print0 | while IFS= read -r -d '' scanned_config_file; do
             # Check for placeholders in the file
-            if sudo grep -qE "$passplaceholder|$bcryptplaceholder" "$scanned_config_file"; then
+            if runInstallOp grep -qE "$passplaceholder|$bcryptplaceholder" "$scanned_config_file"; then
                 scanFileForRandomPasswordKeysUsers "$scanned_config_file"
             fi
         done
diff --git a/scripts/config/password/password_user_replace.sh b/scripts/config/password/password_user_replace.sh
index ab24299..6a1052f 100755
--- a/scripts/config/password/password_user_replace.sh
+++ b/scripts/config/password/password_user_replace.sh
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ replaceRandomUsernames()
     local file="$1"
 
     # Only scan for placeholders that actually exist in the file
-    local existing_placeholders=$(sudo grep -oE 'RANDOMIZEDUSERNAME[0-9]+' "$file" 2>/dev/null | sort -u)
+    local existing_placeholders=$(runInstallOp grep -oE 'RANDOMIZEDUSERNAME[0-9]+' "$file" 2>/dev/null | sort -u)
     
     if [[ -n "$existing_placeholders" ]]; then
         while IFS= read -r username_placeholder; do
             if [[ -n "$username_placeholder" ]]; then
                 local random_username=$(generateRandomUsername)
-                sudo sed -i 's/'"${username_placeholder}"'/'"${random_username}"'/g' "$file"
+                runInstallOp sed -i 's/'"${username_placeholder}"'/'"${random_username}"'/g' "$file"
                 checkSuccess "Updated ${username_placeholder} in $(basename "$file")."
             fi
         done <<< "$existing_placeholders"