Questions tagged [root]
In an Ubuntu system, root is the superuser, the owner of most system files. Questions about the root user or accessing superuser privileges may use this tag; the / or /root directories may be more appropriately tagged with "filesystem"
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I have 2x PermitRootLogin in ssh_config Why?
Ubuntu 22.04
I was about to disable password login for root and in general. However, in the sshd_config file I see 2x PermitRootLogin.
Nr. 1 is below "Authentication", commented and value is ...
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150GB root partition is full
i run ubuntu server 22.04 LTS on a SSD 150GB. This SSD is suddenly filled up to 100%. I deleted some logs and files I was sure not to need anylonger.
But this gives me only 8% more space.
I read a lot ...
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Ubuntu (on Windows) only root user available
I have installed Ubuntu on Windows, but somehow when I start it, only the root user is available, if I type "EXIT" it closes the terminal.
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Ubuntu root partition is full, system won't boot, and "sudo apt-get clean" isn't working
I set up an Ubuntu rig to host Plex and act as a file server on my local network. I'm new to Ubuntu, so I followed directions and things seemed to be running fine--no problems with boot up or memory.
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Ubuntu's sudden root storage volume is full ( 20.04 )
I have recently installed Ubuntu 22.04 as a dual boot, for the third time when I turned on the system, the system did not enter the desktop anymore; After restarting it twice, it entered the desktop ...
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How does postfix intercept root's mail?
Quite a number of apps e.g. cron etc will send mail to root if there are errors.
I saw some tutorials which involve installing postfix + quite a bit of configuration to have them forwarded to gmail or ...
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Unable to create the file /sys/class/net/<device>/device/sriov_totalvfs file in Ubuntu 22.04
I gave all permissions to all files and folders in /sys/ directory, but still I'm unable to create any file in the /sys/ directory too in Ubuntu 22.04. I'm trying to create an sr-iov interface, when I ...
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Read only /root folder
Can a user have read-only access to the /root folder?
For example, only in the .bash_history file.
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I moved the /var to a partition to free space but don't know how to link it
I recently setup Ubuntu 23.04 but it was setup wrongly so I ran out of space
it was supposed to be installed in both SSD and HDD but it only used the SSD one
so I started moving data manually so that ...
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"sudo command" not working, but after sudo su when I enter command is working [duplicate]
My Ubuntu version is Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS. I have one user (ahmet) and it is member of sudo. I download intellij idea and I want to use its mvn lib for everyone. I edited /etc/bash.bashrc as in this ...
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What is the purpose of the file named gost.so in the filesystem root?
What is the purpose of the file named gost.so in the filesystem root?
I found this rather by accident in the root of my file system tree:
drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 4620 Apr 26 20:51 dev
drwxr-xr-...
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Booting keeps on going forever. Unable to load the os on my laptop
A few days back, I was trying to download a zip file which is of size ~6GB. I tried downloading it using google-chrome and after downloading for about 60%, it failed. Later I also tried to download it ...
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Installing Ubuntu 22.04 in VirtualBox causes the account to be not a sudoer nor a root user
I have just installed Ubuntu 22.04 in my VirtualBox and created only one account, say "A". Although A is the only user in the system, it is not in the sudoers file because when I run "...
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Restricting folder interaction of a user with root privileges
Often times when creating an Ubuntu Linux image, rather than giving an administrator root access, a new user is created with root privileges. Let's call this new user "root_2".
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Forgot sudo password, can't get to grub on boot, can't boot from USB
I don't mind wiping all data.
I have looked up similar issues but can't really find anyone in my situation. Many answers assume I can enter grub menu, others assume you can access the live USB, and ...
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(Ubuntu 22.04) The root folder is mysteriously full [duplicate]
I attempted to install Nuclear from the terminal using sudo snap install nuclear. The attempt failed and the following was the output error:
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Write error - write (28: ...
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Visual Studio Code shows a blank screen while trying to run it as superuser
I tried to run VSCode as root. It actually launched successfully, but it shows just a blank screen.
I tried running it as superuser via the command sudo code /var/www/html --user-data-dir='.' --no-...
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GIMP can't access plug-in folder
Ok, I want to access the plug-in folder in GIMP and I got this message. What is this?
Can't show file in file manager: Calling ShowItems failed: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.AccessDenied: An ...
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Can te root user access all directories and folders?
Aŕe there files that the root user can't access, because earlier i was using the "du" comand and some files could not be accessed due to permissions
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Root invalid default shell
We have a server with ssh enabled, and we have: PermitRootLogin: no, and a user that is not in sudoers file. Another administator set invalid Shell for root so I can't get root access anymore. When I ...
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How to change default $PATH for root user in WSL2 (Ubuntu version)
In the Ubuntu version running in WSL2 (on Windows 11), how do you change the default $PATH for the root user? I've tried adding the following lines to the root user's ".profile" script:
if [ ...
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My root partition filled up to 21,2 GB after installing Ubuntu 22.04, updating, installing drivers, chrome, and removing snap
I have just installed Ubuntu 22.04, done update, installed NVIDIA and Bluetooth driver, installed Chrome, and removed snap, that's all.
But, when I opened the + Other Locations section in Files and ...
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How do I gain admin access without a root password and no sudoers?
I am running VirtualBox on a Windows Machine, and installed Ubuntu Linux 22.04 LTS. During the install, I set up the initial user. However, there appears to be no way to make this user have admin (...
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When I run sudo apt-get update I get "An error occured during the signature verification"
This is the error message I run into:
An error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used.
GPG error: https://apt.releases....
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How to run a command as root on login
I want to run this command as root on login:
systemctl mask --now sleep.target suspend.target hibernate.target hybrid-sleep.target
I had some problems with the laptop randomly logging out, every 1 - ...
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how do i navigate in the terminal [duplicate]
i am new to linux and i am confused on how to navigate to and from between root@2c00d30f31ad:/ and root@2c00d30f31ad:~#
Here is what i am facing:
root@2c00d30f31ad:/alx-pre_course# cd ...
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Unable to boot in Linux system. Having issue with partition mount
I had low space on root partition. And being new with Linux I tried to unmount root partition from gparted. Then I force stoped my laptop. From then on I'm unable to boot into Linux partition.
I have ...
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Slow startup of gnome-terminal as root
Could anybody help me debug the following issue:
I have a menu shortcut that starts up gnome-terminal as root. The shortcut refers to the following .desktop file:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Root Terminal
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Startup script not executing
Ubuntu Version: 22.04.1 LTS
Hey! I'm trying to run startup.sh located in /root/startup.sh on startup. This is the content of the file:
synclient VertScrollDelta=-100
synclient CoastingFriction=35
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CRASH /duplicity-full.20230105T083600Z.manifest /duplicity-full.20230105T083600Z.vol20.difftar.gz
I had a major crash of files shown above multiplying. could not get in laptop for days. running latest ubuntu jelly which not as satisfied with as 20.04. planning on running a virus scan.?
Any one ...
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How do commands determine whether we have the necessary privileges to perform an action?
Ubuntu newbie here!
I can't seem to figure out what mechanism determines whether to execute a command or to display a 'Permission denied' error.
For example, assuming that we are using a regular user ...
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Is it possible to recover a deleted directory? [duplicate]
I deleted a directory using the command rm -drf file_dev as root. Is it possible to recover this directory with its content somehow?
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How to delete the root crontab in the GRUB command line?
I was experimenting something related to rtcwake in the root crontab, and the sleep worked correctly but I don't know what exactly went wrong, but now every time the PC boots up, the spinning loader ...
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Is screen capable of displaying a root process?
I am trying to run XMRig at boot on Ubuntu Server 22.04.1 and my basic knowledge is not enough to solve this issue.
I am following this procedure which uses a systemd service to launch a shell script ...
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Is this system affected by CVE-2019-7304?
I am analyzing a system that since a month shows two new users in the login screen.
After some research I stumbled over the exploit of snap: CVE-2019-7304
I checked the passwd file and found a new ...
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How to access Minecraft screenshot saved to a root folder?
I play minecraft. When I take a screenshot in game it saves to a root folder. To see the screenshot I need to enter a password every time.
How can access that folder any time without entering a ...
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Using Kate & Kdiff3 as drop-in replacements for vim/emacs
By default, ubuntu-minimal uses vim-tiny, and after >20 years of using vim/emacs, I am cured, and realize that despite their obvious power, the user interface itself of both editors is not designed ...
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Can't use root privileges [duplicate]
I recently installed ubuntu on a virtual machine using VirtualBox and whenever i need to use a sudo command(any) i can't because my only user is not in the sudoer file. I tried using the sudo -i ...
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Can you login to root as a normal user? [duplicate]
I was wondering if you could login as root, not through the terminal, but rather like you would if you made a normal user.
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Ubuntu on WSL started defaulting to root user
Yesterday, all was well. This afternoon I restarted my computer after some file downloads from my class bogged down my laptop. Upon restarting and opening Ubuntu, it defaulted to root@<mysystem>:...
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Permissions problem in Ubuntu when accessing airflow webserver as root and non-root user
I have followed this guide to install MySQL for aiflow on Ubuntu 22.04.
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-mysql-on-ubuntu-22-04
I have created a non-root administrative ...
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Bluemail notification sound - Permissions under snap folder
I'm relatively new to Ubuntu and Linux in general, so I'll try to explain the best I can.
I want to change the sound notification of my Bluemail snap app but there are no options in the settings, so I ...
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Open vscode as superuser ubuntu 22.04
I have tried sudo code --user-data-dir="~/.vscode-root" but then I got the black screen when vscode was opened. It's any other way to open vscode as superuser?
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Two root entries in my passwd file
In Ubuntu 20.04, there are two root entries I find in my passwd file.
When I use grep root /etc/passwd, I get:
root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
and when I use grep ...
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how to get root priviliges for workstation
Question 1: should I have to have a root privileges for installations on my personal workstation?
Question 2: If answer to Q1 is "yes", how to get root privileges on my personal workstation?
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How to return to default user after switching to root in Ubuntu on WSL?
I am using WSL on Windows 11 with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa).
During the installation process, I think I entered the command ubuntu --install (in VSCode), but I ran into an issue during the ...
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Echo something to another terminal session?
Is there any way to echo something to another terminal session, obtained from the who command? For example, root user echoes a message to a different user's terminal session, after getting their ...
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pam_authenticate error, doas problem
I wanted to try doas (https://github.com/slicer69/doas) I have done everything thats on github page but when I try to use doas it gave me this error
doas: pam_authenticate: Permission denied
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/etc/update-manager/release-upgrades: Permission denied issue "Even on root"
I have some issue about upgrade ubuntu v22.04 to v22.10. When I type on terminal;
sudo do-release-upgrade
I get;
Checking for a new Ubuntu release
There is no development version of an LTS available.
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Low Disk Space on Filesystem.root Ubuntu
I keep running low on disk space on my Ubuntu install, and I'd like to fix this without reinstalling / losing data (this is the laptop I use for class and I have all my dev environments working etc, ...
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