I want to sync a folder from my machine with a folder on a remote machine. The remote folder can only be manipulated by root. I have an account on the remote machine which can use sudo. How can I run rsync such that it has root permissions on the remote machine? I’ve tried the … Read more
I have an interactive shell script, that at one place needs to ssh to another machine (Ubuntu based) and execute something as root (the user should enter his password, but the remote command should run like noted in the script): # … ssh remote-machine ‘sudo ls’ # … However, I always get this error message … Read more
I’m working with a support member for a product, and he insists that I need to be root to install a series of patches, and that sudo won’t work; he doesn’t provide a reason but seems very firm in his beliefs. Browsing Superuser I can’t determine any possible reason for this being the case, and … Read more
The first time I do sudo on openSUSE I’m always warned with a someway fancy message We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things: #1) Respect the privacy of others. #2) Think before you type. #3) With great power comes great responsibility. … Read more
Using sudo 1.7.4p4 on Solaris 5.10 and sudo 1.6.7p5 on RHEL4 u6 I can’t see how to preserve my environment variables, for instance $PYTHONPATH. I’ve added this line to sudoers, but it doesn’t make any difference: Defaults !env_reset Am I doing something wrong, or is the sudo installation simply not respecting the env_reset flag? Edit: … Read more
I saw the command sudo !! in a video. What does this mean? Answer From the bash manual: 9.3.1 Event Designators !! – Refer to the previous command. This is a synonym for ‘!-1’. And from the sudo man page: sudo allows a permitted user to execute a command as the superuser or another user, … Read more
Where did the term “superuser” originate? Is it a shortening of “supervisory user”, or is it just an indicator of the level of power one such user holds in a system? Answer Where did the term “superuser” originate? su allows one to become the super–user, who has all sorts of marvelous powers. From the First … Read more
If I issue sudo my-command how does Linux look for that my-command? The my-command is in my PATH. I can invoke it without any problem. However, when I invoke it with sudo, I’ll get command not found. How to overcome it? EDIT: That “Possible duplicate”‘s selected answer is wrong, well, at least not to the … Read more
There are a few question on the site that seem related to my problem but I could not find a solution in any of them. My operating system is Ubuntu 12.04. I have mvn installed in /tools/noarch/apache-maven-3.1.1 and I have added the following lines at the end of my /etc/profile: export M2_HOME=/tools/noarch/apache-maven-3.1.1 export PATH=$M2_HOME/bin:$PATH After … Read more
Last time, I asked about the risk of these (in /etc/sudoers): user_name ALL=(ALL) /usr/bin/vim /etc/httpd/confs/httpd.conf %group_name ALL=(ALL) /usr/bin/vim /etc/httpd/confs/httpd.conf While I was thinking about this problem, I found /etc/sudoers.d directory. Files in the directory should have similar functions to /etc/sudoers (meaning the scripts above are still problematic even in /etc/sudoers.d), and however one article said … Read more
