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sudo - Execute a command with superuser privileges.
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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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Minimize need for sudo
Very often I need to use the sudo command because the command I'm running needs higher privileges. Is there some method to minimize the usage of sudo and/or a way to use it that's faster than typing ...
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Difference between “make install” and “sudo make install”
Sometimes I encounter problems with using make install which gives me a permission denied error when writing to some folders. So instinctively I use sudo make install. Will this introduce additional ...
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Does mount always require root privileges?
I was under the impression that any sort of call to mount requires root privileges.
But recently I was told "You should instead create appropriate entries in /etc/fstab so that the filesystems can be ...
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Default fedora 15 install, how do you get a network drive to mount after login?
I am running a default fedora 15 install. My goal is to have a couple of network drives get mounted right after the user logs in graphically (not via ssh).
The script I want to execute is basically ...
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What is the difference between these two sudoers lines? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
What is the proper sudoers syntax to add a user?
What is the difference between these two lines of /etc/sudoers:
USERNAME ALL=NOPASSWD:ALL
USERNAME ALL=(ALL) ...
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How do you get NOPASSWD sudo option to work in Fedora 15? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How to run a specific program as root without a password prompt?
I installed fedora 15. I use sudo visudo to modify sudoers file and add the following line:
USERNAME ...
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Should I be using 'sudo' in scripts that I write?
I'm setting up a new machine (well actually, an Ubuntu VM) and am trying to write a script to setup a few common things that I use when doing this (Git, curl, vim + janus).
So my script looks a bit ...
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sudo without password - security? [closed]
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What specific vulnerabilities am I creating by disabling the sudo password?
I'm involved yet again in the old argument on whether sudo without password is secure enough ...
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When running sudo make install environment variables are not passed
I have problems with using pkg-config in a Makefile, while running in sudo mode. I need to have PKG_CONFIG_PATH set for pkg-config to find geany.pc file that is held in /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig.
If I ...
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Why can't sudo redirect stdout to /etc/file, but sudo 'nano' or 'cp' can?
Why does redirection, using sudo give me an error for the following commands?
$ sudo printf "foo" >/etc/file
bash: /etc/file: Permission denied
$ sudo printf "foo" ~/file; cat ~file ...
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sudo to remember password for list of commands?
Is there a way in Linux to make sudo command to remember the password the user entered for in the first of the lines?
For example, for a list of commands that the user has to enter, the some of then ...
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Run Python Portio script as normal user without root access
I know there are risks running a root script as a normal user, but in this case I don't have a choice and what I am doing is machine related. I have an Small Board Computer that has GPIO ports and I ...
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What is the proper sudoers syntax to add a user?
According to the comments in /etc/sudoers (Fedora 13):
## Syntax:
##
## user MACHINE=COMMANDS
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## The COMMANDS section may have other options added to it.
My two related questions:
What ...
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How to run a specific program as root without a password prompt?
I need to run something as sudo without a password, so I used visudo and added this to my sudoers file:
MYUSERNAME ALL = NOPASSWD: /path/to/my/program
Then I tried it out:
$ sudo ...
