On 02/06/2019 03:29 PM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
On Wed, Feb 06, 2019 at 01:47:26PM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
On 02/04/2019 12:29 PM, Richard Owlett wrote:
[...]
If [as root] I do > export EDITOR=/usr/bin/pluma
before
> visudo
things *approximately* work ;/
Pluma, not nano, is invoke
On Wed, Feb 06, 2019 at 01:47:26PM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 02/04/2019 12:29 PM, Richard Owlett wrote:
[...]
> If [as root] I do > export EDITOR=/usr/bin/pluma
> before
> > visudo
> things *approximately* work ;/
>
> Pluma, not nano, is invoked.
Not bad :-)
> $EDITOR is not preser
On 02/04/2019 12:29 PM, Richard Owlett wrote:
On 02/04/2019 11:32 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
[snip]
Although it seems visudo can cope with a graphical editor [1],
I've never tried that. Perhaps someone around here has.
I can cope {if grumpily} with any editor.
I prefer Pluma, but that hardly
On Tuesday, February 05, 2019 08:21:16 AM Greg Wooledge wrote:
> The sudoers(5) man page is ridiculously complex, as is the format of
> the /etc/sudoers file. For 99% of Debian users, it's also completely
> unnecessary to know it. Just make sure your primary user account is in
> the sudo group, a
On Tue 05 Feb 2019 at 09:54:43 (-0500), Dan Ritter wrote:
> David Wright wrote:
> > On Tue 05 Feb 2019 at 08:21:16 (-0500), Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > > On Mon, Feb 04, 2019 at 08:21:40PM -0700, Thomas D Dial wrote:
> > > > When in doubt about questions like this it often is helpful to consult
> > >
David Wright wrote:
> On Tue 05 Feb 2019 at 08:21:16 (-0500), Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 04, 2019 at 08:21:40PM -0700, Thomas D Dial wrote:
> > > When in doubt about questions like this it often is helpful to consult
> > > man pages, which often are available on the Web if you don't want
On Tue 05 Feb 2019 at 08:21:16 (-0500), Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 04, 2019 at 08:21:40PM -0700, Thomas D Dial wrote:
> > When in doubt about questions like this it often is helpful to consult
> > man pages, which often are available on the Web if you don't want to
> > install the necessary
On Mon, Feb 04, 2019 at 08:21:40PM -0700, Thomas D Dial wrote:
> When in doubt about questions like this it often is helpful to consult
> man pages, which often are available on the Web if you don't want to
> install the necessary packages that includes them. In this case, if sudo
> is installed, t
On Mon, 2019-02-04 at 10:34 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
> I'm creating a Tcl script [to be run as user] which calls dumpe2fs ,
> requiring root privileges. On comp.lang.tcl I was pointed to
> [
> https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-unix-running-sudo-command-without-a-password/
> ]
> which point
On Mon, Feb 04, 2019 at 12:29:47PM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 02/04/2019 11:32 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> >On Mon, Feb 04, 2019 at 10:34:22AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
[...]
> >You are comfortable editing a text file? Because that's all it is
> >about.
>
> You haven't lived if you n
On Mon, 4 Feb 2019 10:34:22 -0600
Richard Owlett wrote:
> I'm creating a Tcl script [to be run as user] which calls dumpe2fs ,
> requiring root privileges. On comp.lang.tcl I was pointed to
> [https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-unix-running-sudo-command-without-a-password/]
>
> which pointed
Because I (at least) once read somewhere something like: "retirement, what is
it for if not for learning" I'll mention that *maybe* the suid bit would be
helpful for what you are trying to do.
I say this without really following what you are trying to do, and without a
real good memory of how
On 02/04/2019 11:43 AM, David Wright wrote:
On Mon 04 Feb 2019 at 10:34:22 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote:
I'm creating a Tcl script [to be run as user] which calls dumpe2fs ,
requiring root privileges. On comp.lang.tcl I was pointed to
[https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-unix-running-sudo-comm
On 02/04/2019 11:32 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
On Mon, Feb 04, 2019 at 10:34:22AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
I'm creating a Tcl script [to be run as user] which calls dumpe2fs ,
requiring root privileges. On comp.lang.tcl I was pointed to
[https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-unix-running-sud
On Mon 04 Feb 2019 at 10:34:22 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote:
> I'm creating a Tcl script [to be run as user] which calls dumpe2fs ,
> requiring root privileges. On comp.lang.tcl I was pointed to
> [https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-unix-running-sudo-command-without-a-password/]
> which pointed
On Mon, Feb 04, 2019 at 10:34:22AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
> I'm creating a Tcl script [to be run as user] which calls dumpe2fs ,
> requiring root privileges. On comp.lang.tcl I was pointed to
> [https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-unix-running-sudo-command-without-a-password/]
> which pointe
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