I created an LDAP environment and i’m trying to set up a group in the LDAP server that has SU priviledges in all other linux machine that use this ldap server. dn: cn=superfriends,ou=group,dc=example,dc=com objectClass: posixGroup cn: GNAME gidNumber: GIDNum i add this using the ldapadd command. what’s the attribute i should add to this? Or … Read more
I want to run this command by another user (so with su): screen -ALmdS server_mta ./mta-server -n It’s okay: su – server_2 -c ‘screen -ALmdS server_mta ./mta-server -n But I need the PID of screen, but when i try to get, I got anoter PIDs. I tried this method: su – server_2 -c “screen -ALmdS … Read more
I am trying to understand if there is any logging happening for this command in any log file: $ su – user1 su: user user1 does not exist I checked /var/log/messages, /var/log/secure and /var/log/audit/audit.log, but couldn’t find any message related to the command above. Note – user1 is non-existent. If I am trying with a … Read more
I’m trying to get root access for a user who is initially logged in from a console. I have root access from another method. User does not have a username, so sudo is not an option. Running su returns error “su: cannot set groups: Operation not permitted”. su seems to have the correct permissions. What … Read more
I installed a SSL certificated the day before. Today I wanted to log in to the server. When I try to “sudo” it gives me the following error message: sudo: unable to stat /etc/sudoers: No such file or directory sudo: no valid sudoers sources found, quitting [enter image description here][1]sudo: unable to initialize policy plugin … Read more
Basically, I’m running a Mac Mini as a server, and I’m trying to close some security holes. My server has 3 users: admin, git, and server. Each user has public key authentication enabled, while only git has password authentication enabled. However, once a user is logged in as any account, they can use su to … Read more
I want to create “role” accounts for several admin tasks that don’t usually require root permissions. For example, consider a www-admin user maintaining files in /var/www. It seems to me that this is the easiest way to solve file permission issues: It would make sure that everyone assuming this role creates files with permission/ownership so … Read more
I am trying to switch to root user using the su command. I am getting the following error $ su – root Password: su: incorrect password I checked the /var/log/messages and found the following: Dec 9 17:04:27 vSBC_OMM_L audispd: node=vSBC_OMM_L type=USER_AUTH msg=audit(1575929067.716:33815689): user pid=5855 uid=503 auid=0 ses=39383 subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0 msg=’op=PAM:authentication acct=”root” exe=”/bin/su” hostname=? addr=? terminal=pts/0 res=failed’ … Read more
Most of the issues I found are related to new installs, root password being disabled by default, or things falling apart after some changes. None of that applies here: in my case nothing was changed, nothing new installed; everything was working before just fine. Tried: su, su -, su root, su – root – all … Read more
I am trying to do linux from scratch. I was able to create the user to manage everything (named lfs) and I was able to login using this command. I then powercycled my computer and I am no longer able to switch to that user. If I enter su – lfs in my terminal I … Read more
