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How to add self to sudoers list?
I've added myself into the sudoers users list by using the command
root@debian:/home/oshirowanen#adduser oshirowanen sudo
If I try to run that command again,
root@debian:/home/oshirowanen# ...
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1answer
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Redirecting output in the shell, permissions
I have a question about permissions.
Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.4 (squeeze)
So I have a folder with a php script in it. Both folder and file are owned by User1
If I do this:
php script.php
I ...
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Does the sudo user need a home directory?
In my setup, my aim is to have
A standard user with minimal permissions to use on a daily basis
A superuser account, defined in /etc/sudoers.
Does this second user need a home directory? Both of ...
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How to allow www-data to create a folder without giving read access to the parent folder
I'm not exactly sure the right question to ask, so I'll try to explain what I'm trying to do.
I have an internal web application (in PHP) that I want to be able to create a folder. The trouble is ...
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0answers
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gkSudo Error no matter what I do
I don't know why, It wasn't happening yesterday. Was it because I turned the machine off and back on again this morning?
Anyway here's the error. GkSudo won't run anything at all now.
(gksudo:3262): ...
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Gnome update-notifier doesn't show updates when user not in sudo group (Debian Squeeze)
Gnome desktop notifications of new updates is not working on my system. I noticed that the notifications stopped working when I removed my desktop user from the sudo group (I prefer to have a separate ...
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3answers
960 views
debian not accepting administrative password
I have XFCE Debian on an old PowerPC PowerBook G4. When I go to open Synaptic Package Manager, a window pops up asking for my administrative password. I enter the password I normally use for sudo in ...
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1answer
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How to run a GUI program as a different user (Debian)?
Using a terminal, I can change the running user with su and sudo — but how can I do that by clicking on an icon/shortcut on the desktop/start menu?
If I have to be root to execute I will be asked ...
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1answer
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How do I make a certain command sudo-only on Debian?
What user and group should I chown it to? All admins are in 'admins' group. How do I chmod it?
3
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1answer
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Can't add user to sudoers file [duplicate]
I'm installing Globus Toolkit . When i try to setup Certificate , this error comes :
ERROR: could not run build command: /usr/local/globus-5.0.3/sbin/gpt-build -force ...
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Debian 6.0 RC1: Cannot login as root and user is not a sudoer
After installing Debian 6.0 rc1, I can't do anything as administrator because I cannot login as root (but I did setup the password during installation) and user is not a sudoer either.
Did I miss ...
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Why did my sudoers file suddenly reset itself?
After setting up Wave in a Box on my Debian server, I started noticing strange things happening: I could no longer use sftp to transfer files, and even worse, I couldn't run any sudo commands! ...
