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sudo is a tool which allows users to run commands as another user (usually the root user)

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How do you allow user_t SELinux users the ability to use sudo

I've got three classes of user that I have assigned to staff_t, user_t and guest_t. However the default permissions of these user types don't exactly correspond to what I need. It seemed easier to use ...
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Why can I connect to the docker daemon with sudo, but not root?

Consider the following sequence of commands. When I try to connect to the docker daemon as a regular user, or root, I can't. When I use sudo (both as a regular user and root) I can. Why is this? [john@...
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Need to enable restart button on GUI Ubuntu Server 22.04 + XFCE4 + sddm

Currently I have 2 users: root and gigi. gigi is not sudoer and cannot be, BUT, needs to have the possibility to reboot the server through 2 ways. 1º -> through terminal. I edited visudo and now I ...
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Need help managing per-machine per-user sudo permissions in a research network environment using saz-sudo and Hiera with Puppet

Currently our Puppet server has an /etc/sudoers file defined with the permissions for every user on every machine in our network. This file is distributed equally to every host to provide permissions. ...
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su: failed to execute 1 sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales: No such file or directory

I was configuring a linux server and after an apt upgrade this message came up whenever I try to change the user to root. If I do sudo su -, su -, sudo -i I cannot change user because it says that su: ...
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After run sudo and/or su or su - command, the command prompt not loaded, however the switch user is successful

I saw a maybe similar thread but not sure there the issue is the same: su command not responding? I have an Ubuntu 20.04 LTS baremetal server. After run sudo and/or su or su - command, the command ...
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How to start a sudo-privilage program with screen so that I can re-attach to it later?

Here's the problem I face: I have a program that must run as root. I want that to run in a screen, but here's a twist: for admin reasons, I want to be able to re-attach to it. I'm writing a dirty and ...
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get user with crontab root

I run myscript.sh scheduled in the root crontab and I need it to detect the non-root user (with which the system starts). I have tried these variants: local_user=${who -m | awk '{print $1;}'} ...
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sudo with Kerberos credentials

We are on Oracle Linux 7.9, which is part of a Kerberos realm. I would like account foo to be able to execute (without any password) one command as account bar with Kerberos credentials of bar ...
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is /etc/sudoers writable or not

The default permission in /etc/sudoers file is readonly for root and group root as in picture is obvious : So when you open it with any test editor it can't be written and give error read only. now ...
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Sudo validates command line arguments via regular expression incorrectly

Let's say we have two users: alex and alexa. We want to allow alex to execute htop as root in order to see disk usage stats, but we do not want them to see other users' processes which root can do. ...
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can not sudo to root in Ubuntu instance

I have an error when i want to become root ╭─saviam@server ~ ╰─$ sudo -i ...
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Setup A Program to Run At Startup As A Specified User On Linux

I have a server running Debian 12 that does not have root access enabled as recommended by many. I do have an another user admin privileged account on the server. I have a program that does not come ...
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sudo file in sudoers - why user can modify file?

I want to allow one user to run specialscript.sh as root so in his folder i created -rwxr---- 1 root deployers 142 Jul 16 14:07 specialscript.sh and in sudoers.d/specialscripts: user123 ALL=(...
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Sudo user running app: can it be elevated to be root by app?

Sudo user running app: can it be elevated to be root by app? e.g., user "user_xyz" is a regular user in sudo group. sudo command Does not require password. If the user run an app, can the ...
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Privilege escalation prevent root directly

I think this is going to be my first post on StackExchange side of the house. However, I know that this has to be able to be configured cause I have seen it implemented previously but I don't actually ...
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Sudoers NOPASSWD not working for specified commands

I have the following entries in the sudoers file: christian ALL=(root)NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/shutdown christian ALL=(root)NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/systemctl start mc When running sudo shutdown -h now or sudo ...
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Is sudo -u username command the same as doing sudo -i -u username then command?

Is a terminal prompt sudo -u username command same as doing sudo -i -u username then command in the next line? If no, what is the differences? What are the use cases when doing the first is better or ...
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Nsswitch - sudoers sss vs ldap what am I missing

I'm trying to configure nsswitch to use sudoers: files sss which is default for rhel9 system, however this does not work for me, but the following sudoers: files ldap does indeed work. What am I ...
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Apache Authentication - Find out user password

My field of expertise is far away from server management but I am currently covering for a former collegue of mine, so I apologize in advance if my question doesn't make sense. I have to restart an ...
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i am root but ufw status says 'command not found'

as simple user, first I pass root with command : su I am now root on Debian 10 buster. When I hit ufw status, I have 'command not found'. But it works with sudo ufw status When I use su -, the command ...
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Sudo privileges limited to a specific group of users

I'm configuring our new Ubuntu 22.04 VPS to host our react app and REST API. I followed this tuto that seems relatively advanced and complete : https://gofoss.net/server-hardening-advanced/ I'm ...
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Getting command not found using sudo, but not for running command as root without sudo

wierd issue where if you use sudo command for certain commands it is not found. But runnning it as root user WITHOUT sudo does work root@ip-172-31-43-153:/home/ubuntu# sudo xfs_growfs -d / sudo: ...
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Selective EXEC with LDAP-based sudo

I'm trying to translate this sudoers file into LDAP: Defaults env_reset, env_keep="LESSSECURE SSH_CLIENT", !authenticate, noexec, requiretty, secure_path=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin ...
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Why create a new user with sudo privilege when you are the only person manage the server?

Please share some true use cases of benefits when you are the only admin of manage VPSs, I'm just hosted my first WordPress site. A lot of guide I read online suggests creating a new user after update ...
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Sudo: Using arguments in /etc/sudoers.d/ file, particularly with mount (visudo rejects syntax)

I have a syntax wrangling problem with sudo that may not be solvable. I know I know, OpenBSD's new doas is better than sudo, but it is not available on CentOS 7 or Rocky 8. So we're stuck with sudo ...
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'user ... is not allowed to execute .... as root on ... ' - even with SUDO privileges but not sure why?

I am in the processing of installing singularity using the terminal on my Linux Mint computer (Ubuntu). I have the following command: sudo apt-get update The computer then asks me to enter my ...
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Execute root commands through ssh user

my goal is to execute commands as root user from another linux host through ssh. The Problem is: The environment doesnt allow to access the root user directly. The manual way, which works, is to ...
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sudoers with other user and colon ":" char

I require a sudoers to be able to execute following command sudo -u myAppUser /opt/myapp/bin/myapp.Console.pl Admin::User::Add <some optional parameters> I've created a group myAppExecGroup and ...
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Ubuntu 22 server slow to login and execute sudo

On several servers running Ubuntu-server 22 we have the problems that some commands take a very long time to execute. These commands include ssh login as well as sudo commands. Everything not evolving ...
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Can't find font as regular user

As a root, I can run gvim with my font selected as 'Ubuntu mono 14' and have everything work correctly. But as a regular user using the exact same config file selecting the exact same font, I get this:...
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Administrative access to a server via SSH key

Is it a good idea to set the SSH key directly for the root user for administrative access to a server? Or is it better to use another user for SSH access via SSH key, followed by sudo command? Is the ...
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Running Shell Script without a Password Prompt

I have a shell script that runs on a freebsd OS. the script has some commands that needs the sudo privileges Im excuting the script remotley and it's skipping the sudo commands i tried the following : ...
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Allow users to use -D (--chdir) option with sudo

I want to make user bob able to use the -D option in sudo (like sudo -D /home bash which would open a root shell on /home). How can I do this and what are the security implications to this?
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How to run a command as systemd DynamicUser

I am setting up a daemon for a web service and I want to use the systemd DynamicUser=yes feature because it seems cleaner not pollute the user table with a different user for each service. As is ...
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Sudo: How can I exlude one specific command line argument from sudo

There is a command (say: mycommand) that we want to add to sudo for all users, but there is one specific command line option -i that we want to exclude. Complicating factor is that command line ...
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Can you access VM instance in Google Cloud without being root?

I'm trying to access GCP VM instance but I messed it up and now I'm getting this error: sudo: /usr/bin/sudo must be owned by uid 0 and have the setuid bit set but I don't have the root password. Is ...
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Is it possible to lock sudo from the command line, without editing sudoers or logging out and back in?

When you run sudo it won't ask a password for at least 5 minutes after you last ran it. You can change this timeout by adding Defaults timestamp_timeout=0 to sudoers with sudo visudo. This also ...
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Linux bash way for unprivileged user to take ownership of contents of only one particular directory?

I want a particular user to recursively change owner and group of all the contents of a particular directory, and only that directory. The directory is a kind of "inbox", where a service ...
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How do I run sudo commands with a system user?

I want to run a minecraft server in Docker, so I started following this guide. In the guide, it is advised to create a system user with a home directory (/opt/minecraft), but without a password (you ...
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DEBIAN 10 apt-get, sudo issues

I'm currently facing some issues with my dedicated server. I unfortunately removed some packages from my server yesterday. And now the man-db on my server seems not to work properly. This issue maybe ...
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root login or sudo user for server administration?

I'm trying to understand the technical arguments/security implications between ssh'ing with root directly, or making an auxiliary sudo user in the context of maintaining a server. To clarify, we're ...
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Problems sudoing using a host connected to Active Directory (sssd, kerberos local sudoers file)

I am configuring Active Directory authentication for an Alma 8 box using SSSD, Kerberos, and initial SSH key for log in stored in an Active Directory object, and a local sudoers file that lists groups ...
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/etc/sudoers is owned by uid 1000, should be 0 [duplicate]

I accidentally changed ownership of etc folder in a lightsail bitnami AWS machine. Is there a way to get the ownership back to root. The main problem seems to be that the root account doesn't have a ...
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sudo hangs after some time

sudo hangs in my Archlinux (running under Hyper-V) after some time (usually a day). Since this hangs my system, I have kept a root window open to do strace whenever this happens. strace sudo ls shows ...
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sudo to allow apt-get install of remote packages, but forbidding arbitrary commands

I'm looking for a way to allow a user to install (only remote) packages via apt-get (or another mechanism?) but not allow them to run arbitrary commands as root. I can get some of the way there via /...
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Command to get Sublime Text SFTP client to execute sudo at every file save

I am using Sublime Text editor with its SFTP plugin to edit files (also root files) on my server. I thought there is some linux command or file that can be edited that would enable me to execute sudo ...
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What am I missing to setup sudo access with openldap?

I'm using lxd/lxc containers (Oracle Linux 8) to rapidly deploy the environment (so if you have lxd setup, you can modify the ip scheme to match lxd's bridge subnet / DNS and then paste the code into ...
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Require root password when executing "sudo -s"

I have a CentOS 7 server on AWS. When logged in with the centos user, how can I prevent sudo -s logging in to root without requiring root's password? [root@server ~]# cat /etc/sudoers | grep rootpw ...
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jcmd works in console but fails in script

I'm getting mad with what should be a simple task: a java process is running, runs out of memory and a script runs. SELinux is disabled. in setenv.sh : -XX:OnOutOfMemoryError='/opt/alfresco/scripts/...
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