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Sudoers NOPASSWD for command not working but ALL is

I've been trying to grant www-data to use sudo service apache2 restart without a password but no matter what I try, nothing works. I have read a few hundred posts regarding this issue on different ...
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Why do CLI and GUI methods for shutting down have different security measures?

CLI option for shutting down the system is sudo shutdown -h now This requires the user to give the administrator password, whereas shutting down via GUI doesn't require any password. Why does GUI ...
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How to add a password option in CLI?

I've googled extensively but haven't found how to add a password option so I don't have to type it in manually. I've created the following alias: alias int='sudo service network-manager restart' ...
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Dealing with password protected wireless nettworks from the terminal [closed]

I just switched over to dwm from GNOME and I'm generally very pleased with the switch. My currently difficulties though come from the lack of the small status-indicators like battery power and ...
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How do I get passwords from the keyring in the terminal for usage in scripts?

When you have a LUKS encrypted drive in your computer, Nautilus or Nemo will show it under Devices as a drive with a little lock on it. When you click it, you need to enter a password. If you choose ...
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Can't key in password in Terminal [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Nothing shows up on the screen when I type my password I typed in the following command in terminal. "sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras" I press enter and I ...
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CLI mod(root) dont accept login credentials on ubuntu 12.10

to install nvidia 304.64 driver on ubuntu 12.10 i need to login as root but it doeant accept my username and password and says incorrect login i also has created a root password but still have the ...
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Open password protected .ods as root. Forgotten password

Sometime ago I made a .ods file with Libreoffice Calc which I password protected. I have now forgotten the password and so am unable to access the file. Is there any way of bypassing the password as ...
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Very confusing administrations and password security [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I reset a lost administrative password? I have recently suffered an annoying problem which is really bugging me at the moment. When I start Ubuntu, I can login ...
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Opening terminal asks for sudo password

Whenever I open a new terminal within 12.04, I am prompted to enter my sudo password. Why is this happening?
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sudo refuses my password

I've just installed Ubuntu 12.04 and now that I want to install a program through the terminal with a command starting with sudo, the terminal says Sorry, try again. I just don't get it, this is my ...
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repeated entries of the password does allow access at the terminal [closed]

Access terminal ctrl alt f2 asks repeatedly for the password. It is entered it is entered and informs me incorrect password or I am asked for my password again
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How to read the password from variable?

I am trying to move my file to another system which is located in some other place, with this command: rsync -avrz src destination It works fine. But what I need is to put this command in shell ...
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How do I set the root password so I can use su instead of sudo? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to know my root password? Instead of letting you set a password for root during install Ubuntu set it to * for no password and disables the actual account login, ...
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Password not working for sudo (“Authentication failure”)

Before I mention anything further, DO NOT give me a response saying that terminal won't show password input. I'm AWARE of that. I'm typing my user password in (not a capslock issue), and for some ...
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Can I automate updating/upgrading with sudo in this way?

Please consider this code: alias fast='echo "password" | sudo -S apt-get update && sudo -S apt-get upgrade' I have not yet had a problem using it but is it possible that if the first step, ...
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Execute sudo without Password?

Inspired by this question.... I am the sole person using my system with 12.04. Every time I issue a sudo command; the system asks for the user password (which is good in its own way). However I was ...
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sudo in the Terminal seems not to accept password input [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Nothing shows up on the screen when I type my password I upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and was trying to update software with sudo apt-get .... In the Terminal I am asked ...
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I cannot enter my password when using sudo to install Sophos AV for Linux

I cannot type my password as shown below. After successfully unlocking root account in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. saintmichael@ubuntu:~$ sudo usage: sudo [-D level] -h | -K | -k | -V usage: sudo -v [-AknS] ...
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Terminal window not showing password [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Nothing shows up on the screen when I type my password When I open a terminal and it asks for my password I can't type in the PW because the keyboard wont react. It ...
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Nothing shows up in the terminal when I type my password

When I'm about to install a program in the terminal it wants the password: [sudo] password for xxx: But when I want to type my password it happens nothing. What should I do?
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How to change the root password on Ubuntu 11.10? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to know my root password? I am using Bash. I have a freshly installed Ubuntu 11.10 and I need to change the password.
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Enable/Disable Passwordless Login/Autologin Via GUI/Command Line

Before I ask the question, would someone please help stipulate the Ubuntu definition for these two seemingly identical but different terms (I've given drafts.): Autologin - When you power up the ...
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PDFtk Password Protection Help

I am using Ubuntu 11.10 and am looking for a solution to password protect a bunch of pdf files in a directory in batch. I came across PDFtk and it looks like it might do what I need, but I've reviewed ...
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I cannot enter my password in the terminal - can't install packages [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Nothing shows up on the screen when I type my password I can open a terminal (Ctrl-Alt-T) I can copy or type in the following: sudo wget ...
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Terminal problems entering password

Every time I try to enable shell theme extension or anything in general in Terminal it asks me for a password but won't accept it.
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How do I navigate to a samba location I've mounted in Nautilus on the command line?

Please note: I am two weeks old in Linux. I have found a lot of answers to this question on the internet, tried many, but all failed one way or another. Therefore I dare to ask once again in the hope ...