I remember I was able to use something like sudo ${which npm} run xxx when I needed root privilege to run npm. What is it? Answer With bash you can do sudo “$(which npm)” run … # or sudo “`which npm`” run … AttributionSource : Link , Question Author : Aero Windwalker , Answer Author … Read more
Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Server Fault. Closed 8 years ago. Improve this question I accidentally changed the mode of the file /etc/sudoers and added a line to the file. Now every time I want to “sudo”, … Read more
Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Server Fault. Closed 6 years ago. Improve this question I’ve just come into the following problem: For some reason I can’t use su or sudo: usr@usr-MS-7816:~$ su Password: su: Authentication failure usr@usr-MS-7816:~$ … Read more
I’m trying to determine a user’s path when I’m root, but sudo, even with the -i flag, doesn’t seem to replicate the user’s environment correctly. Is this some sudoers policy setting? $ sudo bash # export PATH=$PATH:/dev/null/$RANDOM # printenv PATH /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/dev/null/28718 # sudo -u david-ehrmann -i printenv PATH /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/dev/null/28718 # Answer From man sudoers As … Read more
I just recently installed Ubuntu 11.04 on my desktop, and I only entered in one password during the install process. This password works to log into the machine, run updates etc. When I open up the terminal, and try to use su and I enter in the same password… I get an Authentication failure. I’ve … Read more
Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Server Fault. Closed 9 years ago. Improve this question I have found a vulnerability in sudo and I was able to reproduce it on multiple instances of xubuntu. It didn’t seem to … Read more
I want to give certain users on my server access to run commands as apache, but I don’t want to give them full root access. Is there a way to allow a user to run a command similar to sudo -u apache … while preventing them from having root permissions? Answer Yes, of course, this … Read more
Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Server Fault. Closed 1 year ago. Improve this question Hello how to protect linux account form other administrators(coworkers) in company who can use your account to steal data and point a police … Read more
I want to create a managed account with root powers and the ability to su as root if need be to manage the box without needing root. What is the correct way to do it? Does this work? /usr/sbin/adduser -u 0 -o -g 0 -G 0,1,2,3,4,6,10 -M admin Answer Following steps will do the needful: … Read more
Hello this is the command im typing and its returning the error you see, any suggestions please [ec2-user@ip-172-31-41-46 ~]$ sudo yum install httpd Loaded plugins: priorities, update-motd, upgrade-helper Resolving Dependencies –> Running transaction check —> Package httpd.x86_64 0:2.2.27-1.3.amzn1 will be installed –> Processing Dependency: httpd-tools = 2.2.27-1.3.amzn1 for package: httpd-2.2.27-1.3.amzn1.x86_64 –> Running transaction check —> … Read more
