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29 questions linked to/from How do I sudo a command in a script without being asked for a password?
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How to run Bash script as root with no password? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I use sudo in my script without needing a password?
I want to run a bash script as root with no password prompt.
I tried visudo with no luck(your_username ALL=(ALL) ...
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Two users - how do I automount a Samba share for one user but not the other?
TLDR: I want to configure a box that is running Ubuntu Desktop and has two users so that it automounts a password protected Samba share when one user logs in, and doesn't when the other logs in.
Long ...
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Run part of a command with sudo [duplicate]
I want to create a keybinding Ctrl+Alt+Delete on my Ubuntu PC. It should open htop, but I want maximum priority for it. I use this command.
xterm -fullscreen -fa 'Monospace' -fs 13 -e htop
It works ...
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How to run a command that requires sudo at login [duplicate]
I made a script that controls my system LEDs and it works great. I saved it to /usr/local/bin/led-pattern and ran sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/led-pattern so its executable simply by entering the ...
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Sudo execute command in Pythonscript
I want to sudo a command from a pythonscript without hardcoding my password in it. The Pythonscript is part of a webservice on Apache2. Since it is part of a webservice, asking the user each time for ...
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command which takes in password as argument? [duplicate]
Is there any bash command or technique through which we can enter in password alongwith the command which requires the password of superuser?
for e.g
sudo apt-get install kde <password>
I am ...
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How to bypass sudo password for everything inside a script?
I have a PADD setup on my Raspberry Pi 3 running on Ubuntu Server 20.04.
I can successfully bypassed sudo password authentication by adding:
pihole_display ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL
But when I try to ...
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After using tablet mode touchpad and keyboard not responding on Aspire R13 - Ubuntu 15.10
I am working on an Acer Aspire R13 and everything is working fine until I close my lid to tablet (so the lid is closed but the screen is on top).
After I do, touchpad and keyboard are not responding ...
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What are the files needs to be edit to add a user? and what to be write?
I am trying to write a C program to add a new user to my Ubuntu 14.04.
I edited
1) /etc/passwd
sachin:x:65535:1:sachin:/home/sachin:/bin/bash
2) /etc/shadow
sachin:$6$VwBWgroA$t4KXLWIf81sWtiA1/a....
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run ap-hotspot commands from a saved file
How can I create a text file to automatically run these commands:
sudo ap-hotspot start
sudo ap-hotspot configure
sudo ap-hotspot stop
sudo ap-hotspot restart
One file for each command.
I tried ...
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Swap drive not turning on when I log in
Recently I added a new 40GB hard drive as swap. I want the swap to be enabled when the computer logs me in. I followed the directions here to make the swap command run on start up.
I added swaps....
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Problem with gnome-terminal, but not with xterm?
I have a script called start-hotspot-terminal.sh. The text in it is:
#! /bin/bash
x-terminal-emulator -e "sudo /home/user/tools/start-hotspot.sh; read -p 'Press [Enter] to close terminal.';"
There ...
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Execute custom bash script with sudo without passwd prompt [duplicate]
I run ubuntu-12.04 desktop x86_64.
I have a simple script that needs to be accessible from the Desktop and run as root:
$ cat ~/Desktop/flash.sh
#!/bin/bash -
cd ~/tools
sudo ~/tools/fastboot-HW.sh
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Custom script not working as expected in ubuntu [duplicate]
I wrote a java application, want to register it as a service, so wrote a bash script in /etc/init.d/. Here is the script:
#!/bin/sh
#
# chkconfig: 345 50 83
#
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Short ...
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Applying password with command in Terminal [duplicate]
Is there an option to apply a password with the command in the terminal? Somethhing like:
sudo some-command -pass=mypass
I'm just curious, I know that this is not safe.