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75 questions linked to/from How do I run specific sudo commands without a password?
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How to mount password protected windows share without sudo in shell script?
In order to pass a password in a shell script you will have to write:
sudo mount -t cifs -o password=asdasd,username=mc007,uid=1000 //192.168.1.105/cfmaster/ /PMaster/projects/x4mm/win
But there are ...
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Start Specific Terminal on Startup
I coded an application using libpcap and ncurses. Obviously, this application is supposed to run in the terminal.
Therefore, I created a script that launches my application in gnome-terminal with a ...
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Make a file with root access only and able to be accessed by another file without using a password
I have two files A and B. I need the contents of A to be accessible only by root, so I have run the command chmod 000 A.
Now, I want file B to be able to access file A without asking for the root ...
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How can I create a shortcut between Ubuntu 16 and Windows 10 on a dualboot? [duplicate]
I'm looking for a one-click shortcut to log out, restart, and boot in the opposite operating system. The only information I've found online is between Windows and Windows and I'm not sure if it's ...
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Encrypt custom eCryptfs folder on login/logout (with filename encryption) automatically [duplicate]
When my laptop gets stolen, it would be nice to have my documents safely inaccessible in my custom folder (not ~/Private, but e.g. ~/.docs), where I also plan to move keyring and some configs. I don't ...
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wakeonlan and/or etherwake WITHOUT sudo?
I'm trying to use wakeonlan to send a magic packet. However, It only works if I use sudo:
sudo wakeonlan xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
When I don't use sudo the output says the magic packet has sent, but the ...
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Use a sudo to mount an external disk on remote device
I'm currently working on two devices, one testing the other. They are based on beaglebone black, and run under Ubuntu 14.04. My problem is I have to detect and mount a USB external storage on the ...
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How to run a command with one click, preferably from unity's launcher
I'd like to run this command without having to open up terminal every time.
sudo openvpn --config /home/ubuntu/Documents/vpnbook/vpnbook-euro2-udp25000.ovpn --auth-user-pass /home/ubuntu/Documents/...
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SSH repository apt get update without password
I'm trying to build a private apt repository using reprepro. I managed to get password-less SSH login after creating a SSH key chain. I can successful login to the repository if I SSH into it.
On the ...
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How do I turn off the backlight on my keyboard? (2011 sony vaio PCG-41217N laptop)
This question exists for some other sony vaio laptop models (without answer); I haven't yet seen an answer for the sony vaio PCG-41217N laptop.
The suggestion to execute xset led off doesn't disable ...
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Can I start Terminator as root?
I am using Terminator, because it has cool ability to split itself into more terminals. But can it be run as root, without need to type sudo -i after launch? (adding Run as root into Terminator shell ...
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Allow nopasswd sudo for specific user
I am trying to set the scp as a specific user with NOPASSWD.
alice ALL = (bob:ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/scp
As I did understand from this question.
However when I save using my visudo I still can't ...
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Set 'niceness' Without Elevating Permissions On The Executed Program
A separate user has been created whose purpose is to execute a script that keeps a particular process running constantly on my server.
This process needs to run at a higher priority requiring it to ...
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command line: start program by alacarte as sudo in folder/tree
i have installed a program via github in:
/home/user/folder/program.
to get this to run via the terminal i use the following commands.
cd folder
sudo ./program
but i would like to have a short ...
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Set up sudo so that a particular common user can edit /etc/fstab
How can I set up sudo so that a particular common user can edit /etc/fstab?
I've thought to edit /etc/sudoers.d file to do this, but how do we edit /etc/fstab in this file?
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