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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]
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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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Running a script when connecting a USB device
I am trying to run a script whenever a pendrive is connected to my system.
I followed this and this question and it is working, but there are still some problems.
This is my udev rules file:
ACTION==&...
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How do I tell a shell script my password?
I've been trying to create a script that runs sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get autoremove whenever I log in. It goes like this:
#!/bin/bash
(sudo apt-get update)
(sudo apt-get autoremove)
But ...
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Run script at user login as root, with a catch
I'm trying to run a PHP script as root on user login. The PHP script adds a Samba share to the Samba config, thus the need for root privileges. The only issue here, is that the user doesn't exist ...
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Microsoft Arc Mouse (Bluetooth) stops scrolling after suspend Ubuntu 19.04
Update: Upgrading to Ubuntu 20.04.1 has now permanently resolved this issue for me.
Edit: This is more complicated than I first noted. I don't only lose the scrolling capability on suspend, it is also ...
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Mount samba share at login using startup script (not fstab)
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I'm trying to automatically execute a command that mounts a password protected Samba share when my user logs in. The catch is, I share my laptop with another user, and I don't want the ...
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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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Can I get Network Manager to unload/load the wireless driver?
Sometimes my wireless loses connection and will not reconnect. However, I find it will reconnect when I open terminal and run
sudo modprobe -r nameOfDriver
sudo modprobe nameOfDriver
However, going ...
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Download aborted when computer went to sleep
I was downloading a large file in my browser when my computer went to sleep.
The download was lost.
Any way to prevent that?
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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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How to give a non sudoer access to a kernel module special device file?
Is it possible to access a kernel module if a user is not sudoer?
I am trying to access a KVM, which is kernel module, as non-sudoer but I am getting an error:
Could not access KVM kernel module: ...
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How to create a script file to input password? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I sudo a command in a script without being asked for a password?
I have a small script file, to run Nautilus as root. that reads:
gksu nautilus
and it prompts for ...
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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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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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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 ...