sudo - Execute a command with superuser privileges.
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How do I set vim as the default editor when I sudo?
I'm working on a CentOS 5.9 machine, and I simply want to type
sudo vi somefile
and have my trusty vim with syntax highlighting, etc. This seems simple enough, but after many attempts, it's ...
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chmod and chown not working in sudo called script
Based on this Serverfault question, my git user has permission in sudoers to run a wrapper script to move files into my webroot with git.
Everything is working fine except for the chmod and chown ...
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Getting no tty present and no askpass program specified when using git over ssh
I'm trying to push a git commit from my laptop to my server but keep getting the following error message:
remote: sudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified
To ...
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Program which uses JVM cannot start without sudo
I have problem with program which uses InstallAnywhere installer on Ubuntu 12.04. When I start installation, following error occurs:
Extracting the installation resources from the installer ...
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Where does sudo get the currently logged in username from?
When I tried to "sudo su" instead of "sudo su -" after having been logged in as root and su-ing to another user, it tries to sudo me as the new user, but via root...
When I type env, it shows still ...
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What does a sudo command do?
Being a unix noob, what does this command do?
$sudo /usr/bin/su -something
Is -something a password or username for running commands under this username?
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Where to configure which password sudo needs
on some OS sudo requires the users password, on others it's root's password.
Where is the config file to decide on this?
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The HOST variable in /etc/sudoers
suppose mymachine:/etc/sudoers includes the line
joe someremotehost = (ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
but someremotehost:/etc/sudoers does not say anything special about joe, then what effect does the above ...
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Files created by 'make' aren't getting executable permissions by default
I'm trying to build a project, and when I use the command make, I get the following errors:
/bin/sh: line 4: .deps/ipset_bitmap_ipmac.Tpo: Permission denied
make[2]: *** [ipset_bitmap_ipmac.lo] Error ...
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Environment variable does not seem to work in sudo
I use apt behind a firewall, so I specify a proxy in the http_proxy environment variable.
What I have done is added the following line to both .profile and .bashrc (for good measure) of the root ...
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Using sudo in openSUSE without actually changing to root user (i.e., like in Ubuntu)
I recently started trying openSUSE 12.3 after having used Ubuntu for a few years. I'm still getting used to openSUSE's treatment of su (and sudo) vs. Ubuntu's use of sudo. I've been reading the ...
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Why doesn't “sudo su” in a shell script run the rest of the script as root?
A sample script can be as below:
#!/bin/bash
sudo su
ls /root
When using ./test.sh as the normal user, instead run ls as super user and exit, it switches to root; and when I logout, it executes ls ...
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Where are sudo incidents logged?
When someone is not in the sudoers group and try to use sudo, get an error message like this one:
yzT is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.
I'm trying to figure out in which ...
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Don't execute a command with sudo, unless it's configured as password-free
I'm not sure if sudo supports so, I want to execute a command, only if this command is configured as NOPASSWD, that is, if the command can be run without password, run it; Otherwise quit directly.
So ...
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Auto completion for inaccessible directories
I'm trying to get a auto completion for folders that I don't have permission to view / enter, my first thought was to use compgen and sudo to do the completion manually, but looks like compgen is a ...
