Questions tagged [sudo]
The sudo command allows users to run programs with the privileges of a different user (normally the root user). Use this tag for questions related to configuring and using the sudo command.
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How to run shell script as regular user and then exec sudo in shell script?
How to run shell/bash script as normal user and exec sudo no password in the script
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umask 027 and the sudo user
This is sort of a follow on question to What permissions would change if I change umask to 027 from 022?
Our IT has changed umask from the default 022 to 077 and then to 027 after enough complaints ...
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Error in permission, sudo and space problem in Ubuntu v20.04.6
I am trying to give you all the info.. I am quite new on all these things...
Last week I received this while I was trying to install a package on R:
R error: Installation paths not writable, ...
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When I do an update on ubuntu "sudo apt update" appears like this what is the solution.? [duplicate]
Reading package lists... Done
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock. It is held by process 1165 (packagekitd)
N: Be aware that removing the lock file is not a solution and may break your ...
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ubuntu:ubuntu owns "/" - all server files
So recently, I made a mistake. I did;
sudo chown -R ubuntu:ubuntu /
Now, my server is pretty non-functioning, and the fact that my server is using 100% of it's space, doesn't make the situation any ...
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Unable to run systemd service without password despite NOPASSWD in sudoers file
I am running Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS and added a custom service file for systemd. I want to start/stop it without entering a password.
I checked several posts here and on other StackExchange instances but ...
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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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New user on newly created server, added to sudo group but still no sudo access
I created a new server (ubuntu-s-2vcpu-2gb-nyc1-01) with Ubuntu 22.04 and added a new user (michael). I then added the user to the sudo group. When I check the groups for michael I see the correct ...
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Ubuntu password no longer works after login
I recently installed Ubuntu 22.04 on a laptop (dual boot with Win 11) and something weird happened to my password. I can only use it to login when I select a user (the booting GUI) and after that, ...
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SUDO_ASKPASS not working
I would like to create a simple script to download and install a program over ssh.
#!/bin/bash
echo "Welcher Rechner?"
read nummer
echo "Verbinde zu APC "$nummer
apc=apc$nummer....
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Buildozer Error "pkg-config location is not supported on linux for prerequisite: openssl"
I want to make apk file for android, using Buildozer. This my game: https://youtu.be/t7jtlkXcS68
I'm getting an error: [WARNING]: pkg-config location is not supported on linux for prerequisite: ...
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Why am I getting error: `found a tab character that violate indentation` in my Netplan YAML file?
I am getting the following error when trying to do sudo netplan apply:
Invalid YAML at //etc/netplan/lan-segment.yaml line 11 column 0: found a tab character that violate indentation
This happened ...
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Issue with AAD login and sudo
We are experiencing a following issue: when we are using AAD user with Azure Active Directory Authentication for Ubuntu module - it is not possible to use neither sudo in terminal nor unlock any ...
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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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sudo apt update: Malformed entry 1 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list
I have been trying to install pgadmin4 for a while, (but no success) so I can have a GUI to navigate postgresql server. Don't why but simple update command is also failing now. What did I do? where is ...
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Fingerprint reader invoked for login but not for sudo
Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS
Framework 13
I have enabled the fingerprint reader in Settings→Users and it is invoked whenever I start the laptop, but it is not asked for in Terminal when I am using sudo or ...
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Permission Denied when trying to Install Anaconda Public GPG Key to the Trusted Store
Context:
I'm setting up JupyterHub on an EC2 instance running Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and I'm trying to install the Anaconda Public GPG Key to Trusted Store via the following command:
curl https://repo....
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How to add an Ubuntu user that is administrator and that has sudo access?
I've installed Ubuntu and enabled the home folder encryption, I was working on it and everything was right, but I've changed my password recently and forgot the old one, so I got the home folder ...
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Does adding a standard account to sudoers file defeat the purpose of standard account?
In order to avoid elevating privileges to the admin account every time I have to type in a sudo command (occasionally) I was thinking of adding the standard account that I use for everyday activity to ...
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Ubuntu 22.04: sudo not asking for password with empty sudoers.d and no "NOPASSWD" entry in /etc/sudoers
Weird thing, lately I noticed that every time I run a command with sudo, it doesn't ask for password.
Thing I've checked:
/etc/sudoers.d = empty
myuser@MYPC:/etc/sudoers.d# ls
README
myuser@MYPC:/...
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Couldn't open intellij as sudo user It shows error: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set in the environment
When I try to open intellij as sudo user,
Command : sudo intellij-idea-community
Result:
CompileCommand: exclude com/intellij/openapi/vfs/impl/FilePartNodeRoot.trieDescend bool exclude = true
error: ...
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Why Did File Owner Change?
Ubuntu Server 22.04
Encountered the following problem during a Linux class:
First lesson: User Management:
sudo useradd -m kaylee
sudo passwd kaylee
su - kaylee
Exited user kaylee, and started the ...
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oracle cloud service user - cant log back in or use sudo anymore
Im using oracle cloud services
My issue started that i couldnt start a program, then i got to know that the problem was root being the owner. So I needed to change to ubuntu:ubuntu throught command ...
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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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How to create a user and give it sudo privileges [duplicate]
By mistake, I removed my own user from the "sudo" user group. Now, every time I try to sudo something, I get ... is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.. I can't sudo ...
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Cannot use systemctl as a user after a "sudo su - media" : Failed to connect to bus: $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS and $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not defined
I'm trying to create a service as a user but it does not work :
admin $ sudo su - media
$ systemctl --user edit fmgr-copro.service --full --force
Failed to connect to bus: $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS ...
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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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permission denied when activating virtual environment
When typing from local user the following command: 'source .env/bin/activate' returns 'bash: .env/bin/activate: Permission denied'
I can 'sudo bash' and then 'source .env/bin/activate' and that works ...
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node/nvm/npm installations : sudo vs. user install leads to trouble?
The problem appears to be inconsistency with root and user installed node (v.19.7.0), nvm (0.39.3), and npm (v. 9.5.0) and a specific npm-installed package called svg-path-interpolator on an Ubuntu 22....
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Can't paste files into a Windows directory while using Ubuntu 22.04
I can't copy files or folders from Ubuntu 22.04 to a Windows partition [D:]
As you noticed I was able to do that, but I reinstalled Ubuntu on an SSD instead of HDD, maybe because the first time I ...
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E: Malfored entry 1 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list (Suite) E: The list of sources could not be read [duplicate]
I was installing virtualbox and when i enter this:
$ echo "deb {arch=amd64} http://virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian
> (lsb_release -cs)contrib
> (lsb_release -cs) contrib" | sudo tee /...
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Open GUI as admin
I'm new to linux and I'll try not to make this ranty but is there an easy way to open a GUI app as sudo?
Is it asking for much for the context menu to have "Run as sudo" or at the least &...
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Piping sudo <command> through another command adds excess whitespace
Background
I wanted to identify if <complex command pipeline> outputs any non-printable characters (it must be run with sudo), so I piped the output through od and was surprised to see each line ...
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NOPASSWD option not working in sudoer file
I know this has been asked before, but I tried answers from dozens of other posts, and nothing is working. I've also used this on other servers successfully, so I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong this ...
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sudo apt update error about cdrom [duplicate]
E: The repository 'cdrom://Ubuntu 22.04 LTS _Jammy Jellyfish_ - Release amd64 (20220419) jammy Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is ...
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In a bash script, how do I change from root user to another user using su and then exit?
I've looked at How do I run a 'sudo' command inside a script? but this seems to be a different issue.
I want to run a script to change from root to the mastodon user using su, run Rails ...
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Error in sudo apt update [duplicate]
I when write sudo apt update give me this error
Hit:1 http://eg.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease [110 kB] ...
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In what line of sudoers do I put this?
%newgroup, !newuser ALL=(ALL:ALL)NOPASSWD:ALL, !/usr/sbin/iptables
I have read that it is put at the end, but I am not sure about it
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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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Root directory permission changed [duplicate]
i just typed "sudo chmod 744 /" and by mistake i hit the enter button
Now every time I run sudo command I get "Permission Denied" error
bash: /usr/bin/sudo: permission denied
I ...
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Nothing shows up in the terminal when password is required for sudo installation [duplicate]
I am a new Ubuntu user and calendar command does not work on my Ubuntu so I install sudo, but it asks for a password. When I try to type the password nothing shows up in the terminal except for a new ...
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Sudo ask password for an app if it was typed in NOPASSWD option with visudo
First of all, I have succeeded to eliminate sudo password from all apps simply: I create a new file in /etc/sudoers.d with sudo visudo -f /etc/sudors.myfile with the line:
ghegheg ALL= NOPASSWD: ALL
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Temporary admin/root privilege from non-sudoers account?
I've been using Linux on and off (almost exclusively off) for over a year. From everything I've read, including this, you can only get temporarily elevated privileges if your account is an "...
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Alternatives to sudo's password prompt?
I know sudo can be setup with NOPASSWD so that it will not ask for a password when executed.
This is more of a security for a person with ADHD/ADD rather than 'best security' - I understand the false ...
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Why does installing "pdftk-java" change root certificate authority? Is this bad?
new ubuntu user here. I installed pdftk-java using sudo-apt, and it changed a lot of my root certificate authorities. Is this bad? I don't understand why this root certificate authority is needed by a ...
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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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Unable to access sudo in Ubuntu virtual machine [duplicate]
I installed Ubuntu 22.10 desktop version on Oracle Vmware. I am unable to use the sudo command since I am not in the sudoers list. Solutions on the internet suggest entering the root mode using su ...
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Terminal not displaying directory, commands executing instantly when pasted; arrow up ==> ^[[A [duplicate]
I'm using Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS.
I created the user "dom" when I first set up Ubuntu. From then, I created another user, named "schule" that also had sudo rights. Here is how I ...
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Jetson AGX Orin Backup without sudo cmd, no jetpack/sdkmanager
I made an error when trying to change file permissions. I did "sudo chmod 777 -R / " and now I can no longer use “sudo” because when I try, I get this “/usr/bin/sudo must be owned by uid 0 ...
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Execute a bash script containing the sudo command in rootless docker
I am working in a rootless docker environment and I want to execute a shell script that contains some commands with sudo, but the command sudo is not recognized in my terminal (probably because it is ...