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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How to delete a file named -something with rm [duplicate]
When I have a file named -19-5-20674., how can I delete that file?
When I use sudo rm:
$ sudo rm -19-5-20674.
rm: invalid option -- '1'
Try 'rm --help' for more information.
What can I do?
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What's the difference between sudo -s , sudo su and su root
They all do the same, logging into root but it doesn't make sense to me because while su root requires root password, sudo -s and sudo su requires only user password. I know the difference between ...
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touch: cannot touch '/var/lib/dpkg/info/format-new': No such file or directory
When I try to run sudo dpkg --configure --pending I am getting error
dpkg: error: unable to create new file '/var/lib/dpkg/info/format-new': No such file or directory
Then I try these commands
sudo ...
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I can not install oracle database in linux ubuntu 20.4lts
i can not install oracle database in my Linux Ubuntu.. i am a new Linux user so error i also do not understand, i also do not want to use Virtual machine . please help me it is so urgent.
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How can I run a script with sudo? I get “.: command not found”
I want to run a script, but the script has some cds in it so I have to run it like this
. /scriptfile
This works but I also have some sudos in the script as well. While everything is working but I ...
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Is there something as events in Ubuntu?
I would like to know if Ubuntu has something like events. I need to run a Jenkins job but Jenkins has no sudo privileges and I dont want to give it to him. But job needs to run some actions which ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 unable to login as user, but can login in tty3
I accidentally messed up the permissions by typing sudo chown -R root:root /usr. It was supposed to usr instead of /usr. anyway, I lost sudo function and showed the error message sudo: /usr/bin/sudo ...
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How to add permission to user for one specific command
I have a Jenkins job which runs as Jenkins user. The script it runs need to delete one folder which owns www-data user. Jenkins user has not sudo privileges and I dont want to give it to him. The ...
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sudo mkdir -p parent/child | Permission Denied
This seems like such a Day 0 problem. I need to create a 2-level folder structure.
I tried:
sudo mkdir parent/child
>>> mkdir: cannot create directory ‘parent/child’: No such file or ...
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allowing all users to execute kill command on kubuntu 20.04LTS
on kubuntu 20lts
sudo sh -c ' echo "ALL ALL=(NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/kill" >> /etc/sudoers'
I have some machines with Kubuntu 20.04 LTS, everyday when the machines start, and the users ...
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Cheated by a friend using remote login
Me and my flatmate connect over the same network. Recently, I brought a new PC. Since I didn't want to spend money on Windows, I installed Ubuntu 20.04 on it.
Since my friend knew way more about ...
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Dell xps 17 9700 internal microphone not working
BIOS version: 1.7.2
OS version: 20.04 LTS
Kernel version: 5.10.0-1029-oem.
I had the sound issue with XPS 17 9700. I updated the kernel with linux-oem-20.04b package.
sudo apt-get install linux-oem-20....
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Allow a user to run a script as sudo with sudo commands in the script
So I created a script that live in /usr/local/bin called Linux-Permissions. In the script, there are some sudo cp commands. I need a user to be able to run the command as sudo, which I was able to do ...
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How do I ask password by GUI prompt while using commands using sudo in terminal?
I am using Ubuntu 20.04 focal. I have been wanting the GUI password prompt for executing command with sudo in terminal.Example consider following command to be runned by terminal :
sudo nautilus
So ...
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/etc/sudoers: command not found error on Ubuntu 20.04
I recently opened my /etc/sudoers file and without any changes I closed it but now get like this
sudo: /etc/sudoers: command not found
My sudo command works normally. Can anyone help me.
Here is ...
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WebKit theme copy and paste issues
Im trying to add a theme to lightdm-webkit and when i copy and paste to the root folder of lightdm, it says permission denied. I then tried to copy through sudo cp -R, but now there is an x next to ...
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Sudo doesn't work, pkexec visudo neither
When I try to run any command with sudo I get this:
sudo: /etc/sudoers is owned by uid 1000, should be 0
sudo: no valid sudoers sources found, quitting
sudo: unable to initialize policy plugin
I ...
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How do I edit a write-protected file?
I downloaded the Garfield toolkit in the /opt/applications folder. Some examples are present inside the folders which I downloaded with the toolkit, and I want to modify some code inside of them (...
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what is the command to open encryped file of image, mp3,mp4 in terminal?
i tried using super user command in front of many commands like
feh ,eog , VLC ,display
etc but nothing is shown . please help .!
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Can you run only part of a script as sudo on startup?
I got a Lenovo Yoga 7i, there is a known issue with its audio card on the current kernels where it wont output sound through the speakers.
There is, however, a hackish solution described here where, ...
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sudo apt-get update not working ,,showing error [duplicate]
it shows error
E: Type 'sudo' is not known on line 2 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
E: The list of sources could not be read.
tried to install google chrome ans it lead me ...
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My linux cant access the desktop and when i open a window the close miimise and maxmise options never show what can be the reason and solution to this
I installed as host operator in my elite book. Then i updated and upgraded it through sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y. After some days I installed softmaker by downloading and typing ...
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simple paranoid question about sudo and passwd [duplicate]
using Linux at my home place, i wonder what if the end-user, say having just installed/deployed say Ubuntu, typed just (being messy while searching for the command, and thinking it's shorter so it's ...
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Where to translate sudo advice on Terminal's first run
I have been searching but I cannot find where this message is kept:
Here is the message as text:
To run a command as administrator (user "root"), use "sudo <command>".
See &...
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Is it possible to remove login password and sudo password on 20.04 LTS permanently?
The situation arise when I want to exchange my used laptop which requires password authentication during login and while issuing sudo commands. The other party wants no password at all. Is that even ...
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I happend to chmod 755 my whole /usr/ dir [duplicate]
I happend to change my whole /usr/ dir files to -rwxr-xr-x with command "sudo chmod 775 -R /usr/"
now I firguire out that some special binary files like "su" "chkpaswd"...
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apt-get works with sudo but not with root
I'm setting up a Vagrant box with Ubuntu 20.04 behind a proxy and using apt-cacher as repository.
In the Vagrantfile I run (as root) these commands in this order:
apt-get -qq install -y docker docker-...
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Root used directly doesn't work via ssh
I have a Linux system in which root is disabled by default.
I managed to enable it (passwd root and enabled login into root via ssh).
However, once I login into root via SSH there is nothing I can do. ...
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Run local script on remote server with sudo privileges
On Ubuntu 16.04, using VS Code, I want to run a local script on a remote server with sudo privileges.
Here is local.sh:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
echo $(ifconfig | grep -Eo "inet addr:([0-9]\.?)*")...
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Does Ubuntu 18.04 create entries in certain groups for the installer by default [duplicate]
WHat are the groups in which when installing Ubuntu 18.04 or 16.04, the installer is made a member by default.
Is adm one such group? WHat about admin? What about sudo?
If 18.04 has separate default ...
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There was an error while getting the sharing information
I’m Maya.
I’m taking backup by Ubuntu 2.02
And it’s done. But when I open this folder’s properties then notification appears.
Notification is given below:
There was an error while getting the sharing ...
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error while loading plugin “sudoers_policy”
A few days ago I made some permissions changes to run NPM without using sudo.
These were the commands:
I checked where NPM writes using: npm config get prefix. Output was /usr.
I made changes to ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / fix problem sudo apt update / is configuring multiple times [duplicate]
when I enter the line: sudo apt update, the Terminal shows me: (...) is configured multiple times...
It is the first time I am using this operating system. Can anyone help me with this?
Thanks you.
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How to give passwordless sudo through automated script
Anyone who has used Multipass or AWS is familiar with the ubuntu user who has passwordless sudo access. I am launching multiple virtual machines via multipass each with many users and I want ...
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Ubuntu 21.04 asking for password too often
On boot it looks like Ubuntu logs me in on its own without asking for password so I can see the desktop and then it asks for password 4 times to:
create color profile
refresh system repositories
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How to switch user (su) to the odoo account? (This account is currently not available error.)
How do I su to the odoo account?
nicholas@mordor:~$
nicholas@mordor:~$ sudo su odoo -
This account is currently not available.
nicholas@mordor:~$
nicholas@mordor:~$ awk -F: '{ print $1 }' /etc/...
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sudo Nautilus error via xrdp Xorg - Ubuntu 20.04
I am facing a really annoying problem with Nautilus; the problem persist only via xrdp, since i tried the command "sudo nautilus" on the phisical machine and it works as expected.
But ...
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sudo password for installation
I'm a quite new user of UBUNTU and when I try to install my Scanner Canon Lide300 under UBUNTU 20.04.2 LTS, 64-bit GNOME 3.36.8. in the Terminal I'm always asked by the system to add the sudo password....
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Remove sudo access to specific file
I have a file on a ubuntu server which should only be accessible from one user. There are other users on the server with sudo permissions. I am trying to restrict the access of this file despite ...
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sudo -A ignoring my SUDO_ASKPASS variable
sudo -A ignoring SUDO_ASKPASS variable
I have been using sudo -A and SUDO_ASKPASS for years without trouble.
I have a newly installed Xubuntu Focal Fossa workstation and I cannot get sudo -A to work
I ...
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Ubuntu 21.04 the repository «http://ppa.launchpad.net/snwh/ppa/ubuntu hirsute Release» does not have a realease file [duplicate]
I just installed Ubuntu Budgie 21.04 and i tried to do a sudo apt-get update but it gave me the next error:
sudo apt-get update
Obj:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/numix/ppa/ubuntu hirsute InRelease
Ign:2 ...
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Prevent local admin from installing any blacklisted package on Ubuntu (Desktop)
At our company there is a need for Ubuntu clients. However there are some issues regarding security. In our case, most Ubuntu users are local admin (listed in /etc/sudoers) but we would like to ...
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when I type “sudo apt upate” it shows an eror it is below [duplicate]
E: Type '“deb' is not known on line 53 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list
N: Ignoring file 'some-ppa.list.save.1' in directory '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
N: ...
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I believe I was hacked over night [closed]
I believe I was hacked last night. I am a little bit new to the Linux world so I don't know if this is normal or not, but there were a lot of random things in my command line history. Here a Google ...
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Automate Updates and Upgrade?
Is there a way to automate updates and upgrades with apt or some other package manager:
Instead of writing these commands below:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt-dist upgrade.
I mean like the ...
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My method to run a bash script automatically when any Desktop Manager is landed,does not work as expected
I would like to run a shell script automatically when my ubuntu 18.04 installation has landed and I see the desktop manager fully loaded. The script should be executed regarless of the desktop manager ...
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Oracle Cloud - Why can I use sudo without a password?
I have a new user account created on an oracle cloud free tier VM, called testacc. This account is a member of the sudo group, and the testacc group. Password login is disabled, and I log in with a ...
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Rosa Image Writer on Kubuntu 20.04 is missing kdesu
I am using Rosa Image Writer to write ISO images to USB Sticks. The website says that it needs sudoer rights and that kdesu is supported. However on newer Kubuntu versions, kdesu is not available ...
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Fix ownership of directory on Ubuntu 20 server
My client's WordPress website is hosted at Digital Ocean. I have set the permissions they recommended on this page, but have run into permission issues accessing the example.com directory on the ...
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Add text from file into root owned hosts file [duplicate]
I am trying too add some text into my host file.
I tried this.
echo xx | sudo -S cat AddTo_hosts.txt >> /etc/hosts
I still get permission denied.
How can I get it to work?
