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How to Make A Root Script Run Pynotify

I need to run a script as root called root.py. I need to create notifications within the script. I made a separate script specifically for the notifications called notify.py. Here is notify.py: ...
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I cannot start graphical apps as root

I used to be able to do so, but something as simple as this fails now: gksudo gedit and this also fails: sudo gedit I receive the error: Cannot open display. I haved checked this: ...
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cant change root password in ubuntu

I am trying to change root password in my Ubuntu system but I am getting an error. I disabled password prompt when calling sudo. So I can execute root commands (eg. sudo apt-get install) without ...
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make install - how to use wget, not curl

I do not have root access on my Ubuntu but want to install git. I was following this tutorial but when running make or make install it says curl is not installed. Can I use wget instead if this is a ...
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'Root Disk does Not exist' - How do I get it back?

When booting Ubuntu I suddenly get the information that my root disk does not exist. I am running Wubi and Ubuntu Version 10.04. I tried the following: Rebooting Windows, then rebooting Ubuntu. ...
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authentication problem at Ubuntu 12.04

I get this error when I try to authenticate using Gnome GUI. I have NO authentication problem when I use terminal. It is suggested here that I need to do sudo chown -R myusername:myusername ...
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Adobe Air workaround for Pandora not working

I was trying this symbolic link approach because of the problem described here: http://askubuntu.com/a/120221/70462 After I made the symlink, the installation proceeded further than before, but it ...
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Cannot rm or chown /var/log/snort as root

I am using Ubuntu 11.10 Gnome. I installed an older version of Snort, uninstalled it and tried to install the latest version as root using sudo. However, the install crashed because root does not ...
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I need a root password to access my drives, how to install 13.04?

My PC crashed a week ago and by using Multi Bios I found I could "Try Or Install Ubuntu". I have never used this before and every time I try to access my drives it says I need a root password or I ...
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Cannot update .ICEauthority, do not have permission to remove/change, cannot resolve host!

I've seen this question asked many times before, and tried every single solution I found, yet none of them solved this problem. All my programming/computing knowledge comes from copying the solutions ...
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how to set up root account on a new install?

I just installed ubuntu on my netbook and am loving it!! What I’m now trying to do is set up my root account. I tried to run the following command at a command prompt: su root and use the ...
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Problem trying to install ROOT (by CERN) on 11.04 i386

I hope you can help me with this problem. I am trying to install root in my computer, but I have a problem and I don't know what to do to solve it. I've downloaded the tar file with the root ...
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Prevent that TrueCrypt gets Administrator rights

If I try to open a TrueCrypt drive, TrueCrypt asks me for my administrator-password (also when I am a normal user). I know, that i can prevent this password-asking by editing the sudoers file = giving ...
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Why am I asked for the “password for root” when upgrading packages?

I have a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.04. I installed with one user account, then added a second user account using the GUI dialog box method, making myself an Administrator type. I now use the second ...
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How to mount an external hard drive as root?

I recently changed my external hard drive so that it can be read/edited by all, not just myself. In doing so I think I made it so only the root user can mount it. When I tried to mount it today I got ...
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Scrollbars when root user

When I open an application as root I get gnome2-like scrollbars which is fine. But: the small arrows at top and bottom of the scrollbars are missing. the function of clicking between arrow and ...
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No filesystem could mount root

I am trying to boot a linux kernel 3.7.0 on virtualbox and it keeps telling me the same message: "No filesystem could mount root tried ext3 ext4 vfat fusebk". I put append root=/dev/sda in my isolinux ...
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pasting content in root should ask for password in nautilus

I am aware the following actions can be done when I open nautilus as root, but is there a way to get nautilus to prompt for admin password when copying items(files, folders) into root folders from the ...
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How do I know my system is broken after chown -R root usr/bin?

This question is related to another question -- "Can't access any functions after chown command." -- but I think it may be worthy of an independent question. My question is: how do I know that my ...
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Unable to access second hdd. ubuntu 12.04

This is the error i get when trying to write to my second hard drive. Error opening file '/media/hdd2/01 Queen - Keep Yourself Alive.mp3': Permission denied The hdd is mounting on start up. but i ...
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How do I connect to a root VNC session?

I installed the Unity desktop and TightVNC using these directions. The window comes up in VNC, although because I'd started the VNC Server as root, I seem to be logged in as 'guest'. Please note that ...
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Can't install Ubuntu 12.10

I've been having some problems with Windows and I've decided to switch to Ubuntu, I downloaded 12.10 from the website and burned it to a disk, but now I run into problems. As I go through the ...
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Unable to open Recovery, at boot, using “SHIFT” key (12.04 LTS)

Noob Dad here... I have tried rebooting multiple times to try to get to "Recovery" (GRUB 2) by holding down "SHIFT" during boot. I am waiting until BIOS screen completes. Need to reset ADMIN ...
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How do I delete files from root after booting from live cd

When updating to 12.10 I got a message to say I had insufficient room in root to write Grub (sorry I forgot to write the exact message down). It then just kept cycling around when I click on the close ...
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How do I delete files on the “ubuntu” live user from root?

I am running Ubuntu builder and I have everything set up the way I like, however I can't seem to clean up after changing anything. I can't get access to the /home/ubuntu folder because the "home" ...
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Cycles through black screen on login after changing password

On my laptop, I forgot the password to my Ubuntu partition, so I logged into the root command shell on the recovery start up option in GRUB so that I could change the password. On my first attempt to ...
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Error on `gksu nautilus` because Nautilus cannot create folder “/root/.config/nautilus”

I have a problem executing nautilus in root mode on a fresh installation. I just installed Ubuntu 12.04, and the first thing I did after first boot was run the command gksudo nautilus, I've got this ...
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Using pkexec policy to run out of /opt/

I still try to make it possible to run my app with root priveleges. Therefore I created two policies to run the application via pkexec (one for /usr/bin and one for /opt/extras... ) and added them to ...
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Error creating directory: Read-only file system

I used a live CD (Ubuntu 10.04.03) to resize (shrink) my root partition (Ubuntu 12.04 installed and working), so that i could install Ubuntu 10.04.03 in the newly freed space. After installing Ubuntu ...
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In the recovery menu, how do i Enable Networking and then go into the root shell prompt?

Whenever i click on "Enable Networking" it just seems to open me up to a permanent command prompt, not letting me go through any of the Recovery Menu options. I'm pretty sure it's a simple solution, ...
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Why does file owner and group keep changing to root?

I am running an install of CakePHP on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. The way certain files are accessed I need permissions set a certain way within my install of Ubuntu. Nothing out of the ordinary. The problem ...
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Mounting samba share with root priveleges 12.10

How to permanently mount samba share with root priveleges? I've used this FAQ but still getting the same error. The point is i don't want to send credentials in plane text. User credentials file: ...
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having problem mounting a Windows partition in Ubuntu, when Windows is hibernated

I'm totally a new user of Ubuntu 12.10. I have installed it recently and when I tried opening on of my drive it shows an error something like can't mount drive. And please tell me directly what to ...
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Installing Ubuntu 12.10 with encrypted root and swap on the same encrypted partition

I fire up the installation and select something else. I can make an encrypted partition, but then I can't break it into two parts to hold a swap and root. What am I doing wrong and how can I change ...
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Only root has sound

I'm running Kubuntu 12.04 on a Dell XPS 17. For some reason, sound works for only for the root user. Alsamixer, Audacious, and Phonon all work from root but not as a normal user. Moreover, Phonon is ...
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rooting samsung tablet 10.1 GT-p7510 from ubuntu

How to flash and recover samsung tablet GT-p7510 from ubuntu. I need to to root my samsung tablet Android 3.2 10.1 GT-p7510. I have a Laptop with an ubuntu 12.4 virtual machine and I need to root my ...
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password problem with a ps/2 keyboard

I have already installed too many times but never experienced that problem before. I write my password and it says that it is wrong but its not. after I logged in for some reason I cant update and ...
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Nexus 7 Username

I successively installed Ubuntu on my Nexus 7. However, when I first started ubuntu on there it didnt give me a setup wizard and therefore I didnt get the chance to setup a username. I cant login ...
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No time to input correct password

I'm unable to lauch applications that require root priviledges from the gnome shell menu. When the input password dialog is shown, after 2 our 3 seconds the "Sorry, that didn't work" message is shown, ...
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Only Root gets the new icons

I am using UbuntuTweak on Ubuntu 12.10. I have installed a very nice icon theme. It doesn't appear to work when I select it from Tweak, but as soon as I start e.g. Nautilus running as root, I can see ...
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Destop folder continually deleted 12.10 64 bit

I keep on having to create a new folder called "Desktop" in my home directory and then I keep on having to edit the file /home/<my user>/.config/user-dirs.dirs to redirect whatever program is ...
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How do I run two scripts at login, one after the other?

I am using Kubuntu 12.10 and I am trying to run two commands, one after the other, upon login. These commands need to be run as the root user. I have already tried using "Startup and Shutdown" in ...
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Wubi no longer boots and seems to be missing

My Wubi install no longer boots and seems to be missing. I cannot remove it or reinstall. Here is the bootinfoscript results: Boot Info Script 0.61 [1 April 2012] ...
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Can't access files when VirtualBox is run as root

I use VirtualBox for running Windows XP as a guest OS in my Ubuntu 12.04 host machine. When running VirtualBox, it does not support USB, but when I launch VirtualBox as root using gksu virtualbox, ...
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Change system from asking for root to asking for sudo password

I am using a shared computer in which I have root access via sudo but not the root user's password. For some reason gksudo doesn't do the standard protocol of asking for my password (in the sudo ...
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Copying entire root drive to flash drive with different drive sizes on VirtualBox

I have my modified Lubuntu version installed on VirtualBox and I want to copy the entire root filesystem to flash drive in order to boot it on my physical PC. My flash drive has 1.90GB and the entire ...
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Other /home directory

I've worked for some time with ubuntu and know the basics but I'm having some trouble with the /home directory. So I installed Ubuntu and it created a 10GB partition for the installation of programs ...
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I cannot start GTK programs with gktsudo

I was able to do so, but some configuration must have been spoiled. With Precise 64 bit version, when I issue this command: gksudo gedit I receive this error: Cannot open display. It also ...
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i can't open any session (lubuntu-session, unity, gnome-session,kde) only on invited mode or super-user mode from the terminal

when i try to open any session from lightdm on my session, nothing happen (just lightdm opens again quickly). to open any session, i use the invited mode or the root mode from the terminal. for ...
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logwatch reports kernel errors

ubuntu 11.10 32 bit on an old Dell desktop. It seems every time after I reboot the PC, the over night logwatch would report the following kernel error: WARNING: Kernel Errors Present [ 11.813342] ...