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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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intermittent WiFi on 16.04LTS
I've just installed Xenial on my home desktop and the internet is very intermittent, showing "there is no internet connection" when I try to load a page. If I disable/enable networking it comes ...
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shell script without password [duplicate]
I am executing following steps to mount my server and copy the files.
But it interrupts for password. How can I do it automatic ?
sudo apt install cifs-utils
sudo mount -t cifs -o user=user.name //...
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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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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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How do I add a command permission to specific user to do it without password? [duplicate]
I want to give permission to a user to do shutdown command without password. Shutdown command need root privileges. If I give NOPASSWD in /etc/sudoers, the user can do all command that need root ...
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Change manual page option color
I see the man page options very dark. I use the konsole terminal in Kubuntu. I want to change the colour, how can I do it.
The solution that I've found only works until shutdown. The terminal ...
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How do I restrict specific passwordless sudo sub-commands?
Is there a way to restrict the passwordless sudo commands to a set of "sub-commands".
I am not looking for the answer to How do I run specific sudo commands without a password? I want to know if I it ...
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Microsoft Designer mouse on Ubuntu 15.10
I have recently upgraded my system to the Ubuntu 15.10 version and somehow my mouse pointer seems to not work until I restart my drivers. Is there a possible way to have a permanent solution and not ...
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Poweroff Ubuntu without sudo, without password, over SSH [duplicate]
I have Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS and trying to execute "poweroff" as a sudoer but without needing to enter the password.
I added this line to visudo:
nurp ALL = NOPASSWD: /sbin/poweroff
It gives this ...
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How can i enable user to have reboot privileges without sudo? [duplicate]
How can i enable user to have reboot privileges without sudo?
Need to keep sudo password enabled.
ssh user@server "sudo reboot" does not work because it requires a password to be entered.
Want ...
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kill process without inputting password [duplicate]
EDIT
I ran the following:
$ echo $USER
goldy
$ hostname
goldy-ThinkPad-X1-Carbon-6th
$ sudo visudo -f /etc/sudoers.d/kill and added goldy goldy-ThinkPad-X1-Carbon-6th = (root) NOPASSWD: /bin/kill
And ...
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Unable to remove sudo access from ubuntu user [duplicate]
When i have install ubuntu at that time create admin user, Now my plan is to remove sudo access from this user and added custom sudofile for this user.
First I remove sudo group from this user:
$ ...
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startup script that needs a user password to execute itself (ubuntu 16.04) [duplicate]
Let's say I wanted an automated script to start right after a login prompt. The script, however, needs a user password before it can be executed manually using sudo 'script' command from the terminal.
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How to make a command execuitable without root previlages? [duplicate]
I want to make some commands,such as ntpdate,shutdown etc, to execute without asking me for a password or without using "sudo" for "all users"(even normal users who have no sudo privileges) . I want ...