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“/etc/init.d/networking restart” with non-root user
I have a thin client with 112mb RAM which boots ubuntu server 12.04.1 from a usb drive with openbox and it is to be used by students to communicate with cisco equipment. And because of this the ...
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Why can ubuntu perform a shutdown from the GUI even though it is prive on the command line? [duplicate]
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Difference between menu shutdown and 'shutdown -h now'
Why can ubuntu perform a shutdown from the GUI even though it is prive on the command line?
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Can't perform regular sudo commands, have to use su now
I'm an ubuntu newbie I just installed 10.10 and I don't know what I did but now to perform actions that required sudo privileges (open synaptic, mount device, run apt-get install, etc) the OS won't ...
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How can I install a Gnome Applet without privileges
I would like to install stackapplet, but I don't have superuser privileges to install the deb file and the admins will not install it for me.
I'm confident that I must be able to install this applet ...
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How to build application without sudo privileges?
What do I need to setup on a Ubuntu 9.10 server so that a user can build applications of there choice (i.e. ./configure , make && make install) with out the need for sudo/admin privileges.
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