Questions tagged [sudo]
Questions related to the sudo command that allows users to run programs with the privileges of a different user (normally the root user).
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Force delete Adobe Programms
I have bought an Ubuntu PC with illegal Adobe software on it, and even with sudo I can not delete those files
Example:
sudo chmod ugo+w Adobe/
Error:
chmod: changing permissions of 'Adobe/': ...
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running systemctl via ssh without asking for password
I want to run ssh without asking for password and invoke systemctl without password
i tried doing the following:
ssh -t <user>@<host> "echo <password> | sudo -S systemctl status ...
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Domain Group Not able to Sudo
I am facing an issue with sudo for AD group users.
I have added following lines to /etc/sudoers file using visudo
%domain\ admins ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL ----- (This Works)
%domain\ Users ALL=(ALL:...
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Failed to install wine from Wiki Ubuntu 20.04
I followed the steps from the official wiki (https://wiki.winehq.org/Ubuntu) but when I used sudo apt update again the following error occured:
E: Widersprüchliche Werte gesetzt für Option Signed-By ...
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Username not in the sudoers file, tried every suggestion doesn't solve it [duplicate]
I am using ubuntu( 22.04 LTS) on VMware workstation 16 player
The issue is:
is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported
and this is the only user account that I have
Can't get root ...
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Sudo command not working while i change permissions to etc directory [duplicate]
I got the following error while trying to execute sudo command. Please suggest a solution
sudo: /etc/sudoers is world writable
sudo: no valid sudoers sources found, quitting
sudo: unable to initialize ...
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steam is not in the sudoers file error when Installing steamcmd on fresh ubuntu server 22.04 LTS
While attempting to setup a valheim dedicated server on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (GNU/Linux 5.15.0-39-generic x86_64)
I am trying to run these instructions to install steamcmd:
Create a user account named ...
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Sudo commands take to long to execute after run VPNC
I'm using VPNC to connect to my company's vpn, and after start the .conf all the sudo commands on ubuntu 20.04 become slower, kill (or deactivate) the vpnc process solve this problem.
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How to make unaccessible /root/ directory for other admin users?
By using sudo command, other admin users can get access to the /root/ directory, using their credentials. How to make it impossible ?
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Git pull and vpn asking for old root password
I changed the system password recently. Whenever I am trying to do a git pull or a vpn connection, I am asked for the "previous" Ubuntu password. May I know why this is happening?
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How to solve focal-security InRelease' does not have a Release file? [duplicate]
I am a student studying ubuntu, and I got a problem as below after I tried to install a Jupyter Hub on the cloud server. Every time I run this command I am getting this error message. Can someone ...
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systemctl still asking for password even with sudoers
My /etc/sudoers
josh ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/systemctl restart servicename.service
running systemctl restart servicename.service still asks for password.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Running ...
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sudo apt update problem [duplicate]
valenton@valenton:~$ sudo apt update
E: Conflicting values set for option Signed-By regarding source https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ jammy: /usr/share/keyrings/winehq-archive.key != /usr/...
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creating REAL SuperUser in ubuntu
I created a user and runusermod -aG sudo usernamecommand.
I run visudo and add this line to code
username ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
but still if i want extract some file in explorer or delete something
i get ...
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Problem updating Ubuntu 20.04
I am trying to update my Ubuntu using
sudo apt update
which leads to error due to
The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available
I have tried using `
sudo apt-...
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Why does ```sudo gnome-text-editor``` throw GLib-GIO-CRITICAL error?
Whenever I try to launch a system file to edit it using sudo gnome-text-editor, I get the error
(gnome-text-editor:64141): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 17:47:31.731: g_dbus_connection_emit_signal: assertion '...
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`sudo` command isn't working in Ubuntu 20.04
I need to install pymol on Ubuntu 20.04 and when I am using sudo apt-get install -y pymol it gives an error:
username isn't in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.
Does anyone know how to ...
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Crontab will not perform any tasks
I have a python file that has to be run with sudo elevation every 6 hours.
I created the cronjob using sudo crontab -e and then added the entry:
0 */6 * * * cd /home/timeflow/backup && sudo /...
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sudo tasksel install ubuntu-desktop doesn't work
After I type this command and the password
nothing happens.
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Is it a good thing to run virt-manager as sudo?
I just installed qemu-kvm and virt-manager. But when i run virt-manager by clicking the icon it is not connecting to kvm. But when i run $ sudo virt-manager KVM connects.
i've been told that running ...
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E: Package 'hibernate' has no installation candidate
Goal: To follow this answer.
I've tried with no difference made:
sudo apt update
sudo apt-get update
(base) me@ubuntu-pcs:~$ sudo apt install pm-utils hibernate
Reading package lists... Done
Building ...
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I Accidentally deleted my /etc/sudoers file
I have no backup.
I'm incredibly unknowledgeable, so if anyone could give a beginners guide to this issue that would be amazing
this is the error that is displayed when using any sudo commands :
sudo: ...
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Sudo: /etc/sudo.conf is world writable [duplicate]
I used chown -R 777 / and now i cant open Firefox and root account
How can i fix it?
Im a newbie btw
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Can't Open `nautilus`
I opened nautilus using $ sudo nautilus / and deleted some files at /usr/share (Discord related files) but after that i tried to open nautilus by clicking the icon and it don't open. i got no idea ...
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Broken ubuntu after sudo apt dist-upgrade?
I was trying to install PHP on my Ubuntu and did a sudo apt dist-upgrade without seeing what was gonna be changed. After that I suddenly couldn't access settings, files or connect to internet they ...
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E: GPG error: Signed file isn't valid, got 'NODATA' (does the network require authentication?) [duplicate]
I was trying to install openjdk-17-jdk and MySQL in vncveiwer on my mobile (my connection is to the localhost,I don't have laptop/pc) so ran the command:
root@localhost:~# sudo apt-get install openjdk-...
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Your authentication attempt was unsuccessful (for sudoer)
After installing Ubuntu I have created a new user and gave it all privileges in /etc/sudoers:
user2 ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
However now user2 cannot do admin tasks from GUI, like formatting a disk ...
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Ubuntu sudo su error [duplicate]
I ran the following command on my root folder in ubuntu:
sudo chmod -R myUsername:myUsername ./
Now my sudo stopped working. When I try sudo su I'm getting this error:
sudo: error while loading ...
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libopenmpt-modplug1:amd64 [duplicate]
dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
files list file for package 'libopenmpt-modplug1:amd64' is missing final newline
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
How can I fix this. ...
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Is running a browser as group via sudo dangerous?
Suppose that internet is a group I have created. Is it dangerous to run e.g. Firefox via sudo -g internet firefox? I am 99% sure it's not, but wanted to make sure since I am doing that often and I ...
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Error, when I go the the root sudo -s
New to Linux. I'm using:
uname -r
5.15.0-30-generic
lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
Release: 22.04
Codename: jammy
First I ...
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Vim is opening with Vi when I use Sudo - why?
I use neovim. I changed my .zshrc to open nvim when I type vim in the terminal.
My configuration is from my Mac where I didn't use Sudo much (now I use Ubuntu, I use sudo all the time).
When I do sudo ...
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User in sudo group can't use sudo in Ubuntu 20.04
I'm currently facing a problem when I use my sudo permission. I understand somebody faced this problem before, e.g this question, and followed some steps to resolve but unsuccessful. FYI, before I can ...
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Why can't I paste multiple sudo commands in Ubuntu 22.04?
I just installed Ubuntu Server 22.04 and SSHed in. I'm not able to paste multiple sudo commands as I could with Ubuntu Server 20.04. This feels to me like a security feature that I don't want.
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xhost: unable to open display ""
I'm trying to use the -S method to run a sudo command
user@vmi804792:~$ echo ***** | sudo -S -v
But I get this error:
*****
[sudo] password for user: Error: Can't open display: unix:0
sudo: no ...
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Do you need to update VLC first before installation? [closed]
I am trying to use commands to update or install VLC on Linux. I am trying to use sudo apt install vlc or sudo apt update vlc but these commands seem like they are not working.
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Get back sudo permission after accidentally commented all lines in file /etc/sudoers.d/username
I'm having an issue on a Ubuntu 20.04 server.
I accidentally commented out all lines in /etc/sudoers.d/username after reading this thread: https://superuser.com/a/1311042
because I recently noticed ...
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Why does "sudo apt update" cause a series of 403 connection errors?
Why does sudo apt update cause a series of 403 connection errors?
I have a Ubuntu 22.04 virtual machine using VMware on a Windows 10 Enterprise computer. Part of setting things up requires I run the
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Files created with "sudo" only are accessible by user
I have a sudo user, and whenever I use sudo to create, move, or copy a file to any destination (even user's home dir) the file is only accessible by root with the following permission:
-rw------- 1 ...
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auto run a script with sudo on specific user after start up
can anyone help me, I'm basically want to run wpa_supplicant -B -i wifiiface1 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf only when logging in with the user "user1", automatically.
so I made ...
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How to get latest sudoers and sshd_config after Ubuntu update? [duplicate]
Just updated to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. During the update it warned me that I modified the sudoers and the sshd_config files (which I did). For the sudoers file, no merge option was provided and for the ...
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Unable to add successful sudoer entry for single command
I'm attempting to add an entry to /etc/sudoers to run a specific command that needs sudo permission but I don't want it to require a password. But no matter what I've tried, I can't get it to have ...
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Fix user is not in sudoers file without recovery mode
I have a virtual machine running on Ubuntu Desktop 18.04.5 that is running in an air gapped system and I do not have physical access to it. Due to some misconfiguration, the only user in the VM is now ...
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How to undo autoremove [duplicate]
I am a beginner at using Ubuntu, I don't know the commands, I typed sudo apt autoremove to remove python.
My desktop is gone, it is showing black screen.
What should I do next, could please someone ...
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How to undo sudo apt autoremove
I typed sudo apt auto remove. Now my GUI is not loading and black screens.
How can I return to my original Ubuntu GUI can someone tell me?
Thanks.
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I accidently removed visudo from /usr/sbin/ How do I recover it?
I was trying to install cypress in wsl.
While I was following the official documentation of cypress to install in wsl, I accidently removed the visudo from /usr/sbin/
Without it I cannot install and ...
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sudo su command not working su: failed to execute root: No such file or directory
su: failed to execute root: No such file or directory
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bash.bashrc alias fail: Why?
This is a permutation of the question here.
This question differs in that (a) it relates to commands entered as root in a terminal as opposed to commands entered as a non-root user by invoking sudo ...
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sudo apt install: Always installs old packages [duplicate]
I wanted to run the yarn install command but then it told me that my nodejs was outdated. I checked the website to see what the latest version was and its 16.14.2 LTS. However, when I run node --...
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sudo apt install: "you have held broken packages" error [duplicate]
I wanted to completely wipe neovim from my computer so i manually deleted everything that had 'nvim' or 'neovim' in the name in my file explorer.
I tried reinstalling it only to get this error:
sudo ...
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